Question

Which of the following was a result of the Tea Act of 1773? Colonial merchants could not sell their tea. Colonial merchants could not get tea to sell. Colonial merchants tried to get the colonies to grow tea. Colonial merchants asked the king to take action.

Answer 1

Colonial merchants could not sell their tea because the patriots did not want to buy it.

Answer 2

Answer;

Colonial merchants could not sell their tea.

Explanation;

-The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.The passing of the Tea Act imposed no new taxes on the American colonies.

-The act’s main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key actor in the British economy. The British government granted the company a monopoly on the importation and sale of tea in the colonies. The colonists had never accepted the constitutionality of the duty on tea, and the Tea Act rekindled their opposition to it.