Tea+Act

= //Tea Act// = === Why? Lord North moved to save the East India Company from bankruptcy by enforcing this Act. He hoped to undersell the smugglers of Dutch tea. This was supposed to convince the colonists to purchase Company tea on which the Townshend duties were paid. ===

When? 1773
===What? The Tea Act repealed import duties on tea in England, but retained the Townshend duties in the colonies. Also, the Tea Act gave the East India Company a monopoly on shipping and distribution of tea in the colonies. === ===Result: The Tea Act brought about massive resistance. Colonists waited for the specially chartered tea ships, and prevented them from landing their cargoes. Captains were threatened with “tarring and feathering”, which usually was enough to prevent entrance. The most radical opposition of all occurred when Boston radicals dressed as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea into the water. This was known as the Boston Tea Party. ===

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party with the enforcement of the Intolerable Acts
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