In order to reduce chaos, the Parliament repealed most of the Townshend Acts. They kept the tax on tea, due to the high demand. British East India Company offered that they could sell tea directly to colonists for a low price. Parliament agreed and passed the Tea Act. Many feared this would put them out of businesses and colonists united against the act. On December 16, 1773, colonists disguised themselves as Indians and sneaked onto a ship filled with tea. They dumped 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor, this was known as the Boston Tea
