totalwar23 on 16 April 2009
| theprof00 said: Buying tea from EIC would support British economy. Several higher ups in Boston knew this and got the colonists to unite against it. What tax is this that you are talking about? the townshend tax? It was a few pence and the tea act tax was a penny, but the tea itself was cheaper, but supposedly higher quality. |
The Tea Act was not design to tax the colonies. It had nothing to do with taxation. In fact, the East India Company asked Parliament to repeal the Townshend Tax with the Tea Act but Parliament needed the money. Not to mention that the colonials thought themselves as British. Even afterwards, some colonists were offering to pay for the destroyed tea.
