The colonists were, indeed, justified in their actions of dumping the crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. The East India Company, one day, decided that they were going to charge American colonists less money for tea. However, the tea started to become taxed, once the British government got involved. American colonists tried to get their point across with words, but weren't able to get them to listen. As well as this, they later had to pay an outrageous amount of taxes because of the Stamp Act. Ultimately, they were just trying to stand up for what they believed in. They had no harmful intentions. In fact, nothing on the ship, besides the tea, was even touched. Their actions were all in good nature.
The East India Company’s tea was lowered in price, to guarantee the business of American colonists. However, when the British noticed that the East India Company was doing very well their government wanted to help the company get everything in order. Once the British government decided to put a tax on the inexpensive tea. In reality, it was just equaling out the price of tea from before the Tea Act. American colonist were furious. Although, …show more content…
The East India Company was doing wonderful with their tea sales. That is until the British government took their chances and got involved. It all went downhill from there because they put a tax on the extremely inexpensive tea, making it not so inexpensive. On top of these taxes, a few years later the Stamp Act was passed by Parliament. In the overall justice of this situation, the American colonists were doing what they thought would benefit everybody in the long run. No harm was done to anybody, or anything on the ships. That is, except for the crates of tea. The colonists took matters into their own hands when the British government didn’t listen to them. If anything, the British were wrong with taxing the
The East India Company’s tea was lowered in price, to guarantee the business of American colonists. However, when the British noticed that the East India Company was doing very well their government wanted to help the company get everything in order. Once the British government decided to put a tax on the inexpensive tea. In reality, it was just equaling out the price of tea from before the Tea Act. American colonist were furious. Although, …show more content…
The East India Company was doing wonderful with their tea sales. That is until the British government took their chances and got involved. It all went downhill from there because they put a tax on the extremely inexpensive tea, making it not so inexpensive. On top of these taxes, a few years later the Stamp Act was passed by Parliament. In the overall justice of this situation, the American colonists were doing what they thought would benefit everybody in the long run. No harm was done to anybody, or anything on the ships. That is, except for the crates of tea. The colonists took matters into their own hands when the British government didn’t listen to them. If anything, the British were wrong with taxing the