Question

A result of the Tea Act of 1773 was that colonial merchants
could not sell their tea.
began to smuggle tea.
tried to get the colonies to grow tea.
asked the king to take action.

Answer 1

In 1773, Parliament passed a law that allowed the British East India Tea Company to sell tea in the colonies at a very low price. Parliament thought the colonists would buy the cheaper East India tea, even if it did include a tax. This law hurt colonial merchants because they had to pay the tax on the more expensive teas they imported and sold. Colonial merchants worried that the colonists would buy the East India Tea that was less expensive. The colonial merchants would not be able to sell their more expensive teas.

People in the colonies decided to boycott the British tea. In Pennsylvania and New York, colonists did not allow British tea ships to enter the large city ports. They sent ships out into the harbors to block the tea ships.

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