Question

How did the colonists react to the passage of the Tea Act of 1773?

• A. They tarred and feathered the stamp inspectors.
• B. They drank only tea that had been smuggled in from Holland.
• C. They called for the revocation of the royal charter of Massachusetts.
• D. They began cultivating coffee since they could no longer drink tea.
• E. They called for delegates from all the colonies to meet in Philadelphia.

Answer 1

The correct option is B They drank only tea that had been smuggled in from Holland.

The colonists had never accepted the constitutionality of the duty on tea, and the Tea Act rekindled their opposition to it. Their resistance culminated in the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, in which colonists boarded East India Company ships and dumped their loads of tea overboard.