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. This was what ultimately compelled a group of Sons of Liberty members on the night of December 16, 1773 to disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians, board three ships moored in Boston Harbor, and destroy over 92,000 pounds of tea. The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. The policy ignited a “powder keg” of opposition and resentment among American colonists and was the catalyst of the Boston Tea Party. The passing of the Tea Act imposed no new taxes on the American colonies. The tax on tea had existed since the passing of the 1767 Townshend Revenue Act. Along with tea, the Townshend Revenue Act also taxed glass, lead, oil, paint, and paper. Due to boycotts and protests, the Townshend Revenue Act’s taxes were repealed on all commodities except tea in 1770. The tea tax was kept in order to maintain Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.
The English Common Law through Case Law is a system of law that encompasses a set of past decisions by tribunals within their predetermined jurisdictions to serve as a legal precedent often where there is no legislation or the issue of interpretation of legislation arises.
In other words, It is a law that is derived from judgments made by judges in previous cases.
The answer is C. Mexico. Texas broke away from Mexico, one of the main reasons they wanted to break free was because they did not like the laws made by Santa Anna, Mexico’s president.
