1773 Tea Act
Running Head: 1773 TEA ACT
1773 Tea Act
Brionna A. Mobley
Savannah State University
1773 TEA ACT
1773 Tea Act After the French and Indian War the British began to impose taxes on the American colonist, in order to pay their debts. After 1760, the cooperative efforts of the colonies were spurred by British policies, some of which were intended to raise revenue for England at the expense of the colonist (Volkomer, 2012). One of the acts of the Parliament of Great Britain was the tea act. The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston.
The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes (Kindig). The tea act’s principal evident objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. This tea was to be shipped directly to the colonies, and sold at a bargain price. The Townshend Duties were still in place, however, and the radical leaders in America found reason to believe that this act was a maneuver to buy popular support for the taxes already in force. The direct sale of tea, via British agents, would also have undercut the business of local merchants.
Their resistance culminated in the Boston tea Party on December 16, 1773, in which colonists boarded East India Company ships and dumped their loads of tea overboard. Parliament responded with a series of harsh measures intended to stifle colonial resistance to British rule (Nutopia, 2010). Two years later the American colonist went into war with England.
References
Kindig, T. (n.d.). The Tea Act. Retrieved from US History: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm
Nutopia (Director). (2010). America the Story of US [Motion Picture].
Volkomer, W. E. (2012). American Government 14th Edition. New York: Pearson
1773 Tea Act
Brionna A. Mobley
Savannah State University
1773 TEA ACT
1773 Tea Act After the French and Indian War the British began to impose taxes on the American colonist, in order to pay their debts. After 1760, the cooperative efforts of the colonies were spurred by British policies, some of which were intended to raise revenue for England at the expense of the colonist (Volkomer, 2012). One of the acts of the Parliament of Great Britain was the tea act. The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston.
The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes (Kindig). The tea act’s principal evident objective was to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. This tea was to be shipped directly to the colonies, and sold at a bargain price. The Townshend Duties were still in place, however, and the radical leaders in America found reason to believe that this act was a maneuver to buy popular support for the taxes already in force. The direct sale of tea, via British agents, would also have undercut the business of local merchants.
Their resistance culminated in the Boston tea Party on December 16, 1773, in which colonists boarded East India Company ships and dumped their loads of tea overboard. Parliament responded with a series of harsh measures intended to stifle colonial resistance to British rule (Nutopia, 2010). Two years later the American colonist went into war with England.
References
Kindig, T. (n.d.). The Tea Act. Retrieved from US History: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm
Nutopia (Director). (2010). America the Story of US [Motion Picture].
Volkomer, W. E. (2012). American Government 14th Edition. New York: Pearson
References: Kindig, T. (n.d.). The Tea Act. Retrieved from US History: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/teaact.htm Nutopia (Director). (2010). America the Story of US [Motion Picture]. Volkomer, W. E. (2012). American Government 14th Edition. New York: Pearson Education.