Question

quick review- matching ending of the french indian war colonists could not settle west of the appalachian mountains. first indirect tax in 1764 first direct tax in 1765 the quartering act of 1765 act provided the british soldiers wi/ housing 1767 colonial tax placed on lead, glass, etc.... a proclamation of 1763 b treaty of paris in 1763 c townshend acts d stamp act e quartering act f sugar act leading to the revolution (lecture) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4erlyolhjcm&t=314s&ab_channel=tomrichey what was the tea act of 1773? parliament grants a to a british company (east india company) and they agreed to sell good tea for a cheaper why did americans despise the tea act, even though east india company tea was cheaper than before in the colonies? fyi - john hancock (the richest person in the colonies at the time) made a great deal of money smuggling tea in the colonies. being an american it has a choice - dont tell me what to do? (boston tea party) in late 1773, what colonial group was responsible (dumping 342 chests of tea into the boston harbor (mohawk indians) for dumping 342 chests of tea into the boston harbor toward the east india company monopoly)?

Explanation:

1. In 1773, the British Parliament granted the East - India Company a monopoly to sell tea. This allowed the company to sell good tea at a cheaper price.
2. Americans despised the Tea Act because they saw it as an attempt by the British to assert control over their trade and economy, and they resented the East - India Company's monopoly.
3. The group responsible for dumping 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor in late 1773 was the Sons of Liberty, who dressed as Mohawk Indians to carry out the act of protest known as the Boston Tea Party.

Answer:

1. Monopoly; price
2. Resented British control and company monopoly
3. Sons of Liberty