What did the Tea Act actually do?

Question

All i know is that the colonist disguised as Indians and sneaked onto the three ships with tea. And they dumped 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.

I don`t know why they dumped the tea into the Boston harbor.

Help me please? >.<

Answer 1

The Tea Act, passed by Parliament in May of 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. It was designed to prop up the East India Company which was floundering financially and burdened with eighteen million pounds of unsold tea. 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.

Colonists in Philadelphia and New York turned the tea ships back to Britain. In Charleston the cargo was left to rot on the docks. In Boston the Royal Governor was stubborn & held the ships in port, where the colonists would not allow them to unload. Cargoes of tea filled the harbor, and the British ship's crews were stalled in Boston looking for work and often finding trouble. This situation lead to the Boston Tea Party.

Answer 2

tea was taxed, some type of punishment on the colonies, i forget the exact reason but food is usually not taxed, even in old europe, so people were upset and did this in protest. Even today grocery foods are not taxed, prepared food is taxed though like in a restaurant.

Answer 3

king george 1 imposed tax on tea for the first time.
the colonys rejected this and dumped tea overboard.
this started the american war of independence.

Answer 4

because the british were taxing the tea at unreasonable levels for the colonists

Answer 5

Dude, i guess they just didnt like tea. Maybe they were coffee drinkers or something...