The Tea Act
The Tea Act actually made British tea cheaper than ever before in the colonies. So why were colonists so angry about it? Read both statements and decide which best explains colonial frustration.
This British political cartoon shows Britannia forcing tea down America’s throat, a sharp commentary on Parliament’s belief that it could control colonial trade as it pleased.
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Public domain.
We the colonists objected not just to the price of tea but to the principle behind the Tea Act. Statement A: Cheaper tea put colonial merchants out of business. Statement B: The Tea Act proved Parliament believed it could control colonial trade without colonial consent regardless of the price.
Which statement do you think best explains colonial frustration? Why?
Record your answer on your notebook paper.Find a word on this page that means “belonging to all of us.” Write it on your map.
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