Why Did Colonists Object to the Tea Act

question 25

Multiple Choice

Why did colonists object to the Tea Act?

• A) Because it would aid a different part of the empire than their own, colonists felt that this was the kind of discriminatory action that violated the concept of liberty.
• B) By paying it, they would be acknowledging Great Britain's right to tax the colonists.
• C) It granted a monopoly, and the colonists opposed all forms of monopoly.
• D) The British East India Company made inferior tea, and colonists preferred not to drink it.

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