The+Tea+Act

After the colonists threw the Boston Tea Party the British decided to close the Boston Harbor until they repaid the money they wasted by ruining the tea. Boston’s main source of food and trade was through the Boston Harbor so they had a lacking of food and money. The other colonies decided to help the Bostonians and bring them food. This strengthened the relationships from colony to colony which basically made the colonists stronger. Also because the British punished them so harshly the colonists started to hate the British even more. || || media type="file" key="how they reacted.wma" width="216" height="216" || The colonists reacted to the appalling tax on tea by throwing the Boston Tea Party, an event where they threw 340 crates full of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British were furious that the colonists first boycotted the tea then wasted an extremely large amount of it because of the Tea Act. They reacted to this by punishing the people harshly. First they closed the Boston Harbor so no ships could come in or out. Next they said they would not reopen until they repaid for the tea they had wasted. || || media type="file" key="how they wereaffected.wma" width="165" height="165" ||
 * How did their reaction affect themselves?
 * How did their reaction affect the British?
 * ** The king put a tax on tea because the British East Indian Company was in debt. They lowered the price on tea so that people would buy from them, but that prevented the colonists from making any profits on it. Another reason they put a tax on tea was because the British wanted to show the colonists that if they wanted to they could tax them because they were not independent. It was like a symbol. People started to boycott the tea. With everyone not buying tea, it had a huge impact on the company. When they did not listen to the colonies, the colonists created a plan. There was a boat load of tea in the Boston harbor. On the night of December 16 1776 about forty-five men dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston harbor. ** || [[image:boston-tea-party_(1).jpg width="345" height="148"]] || media type="file" key="recording 1.wma" width="180" height="180" ||
 * ** Describe the act or event? **
 * T **** he Tea Act was passed on May 10, 1773. This act was not to make taxes higher or take taxes away from the colonies and people. The East India Company wanted to be strengthened, this company wanted to be strengthen because their company wasn’t selling any tea. A reason why they were not selling any tea was because people were boycotting and not buying the tea which was smuggling. Also the East India Company was losing the money because of the illegally smuggling. After a while the British government saw that that the East India Company need some help because they were struggling. They had about eighteen million pounds of tea not sold. When they were shipped and sold to the colonies they were sold as a reduced price and the colonists too tried to sell the tea at a reduced price. When they were sent to Philadelphia and New York they rejected the tea and sent the tea back to Britain. ** || [[image:destruction.jpg width="378" height="269"]] || media type="file" key="history wiki 2.wma" width="186" height="186" ||
 * ** How did the colonists react to the act or event? **
 * The colonists reacted to the Tea Act by protesting. One of their many protests was the Boston Tea Party which was led by Samuel Adams with his group called the Sons of Liberty. The Boston Tea Party involved 40-50 men dressed as Native Americans to protect their identity. They went to the Boston’s dock area and yelled, “Boston Harbor a teapot tonight!” They then dumped 340 chests of tea over board into Boston’s Harbor which is worth $100,000 today. ** || [[image:teaparty4.jpg]] || media type="file" key="Question 3 Take 2.wma" width="210" height="210" ||
 * ** What followed? **
 * After the colonists protested, the British punished them for it. They created the Intolerable Acts which involved town meetings outlawed, more soldiers in the colonies, and the colonists of Boston are under command of a military governor General Thomas Gage. Britain closed the Boston harbor until all the tea had been paid back. Since Boston is a city, they didn’t grow their own food and with the Harbor closed, they had very little food coming in. Samuel Adams tried to convince the other colonies that Boston’s punishment was a blow to all of the colonies so the other colonies then sent food to Boston. Adams understood the idea of forming a congress made up of representatives of all the colonies. **

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