Question

5 boston tea party fun facts

Answer 1

Colonists weren't protesting a higher tax on tea.

The attacked ships were American and the tea wasn't the King's.

The tea was Chinese, not Indian, and lots of it was green.

The Tea Party, itself, didn't incite revolution.

The East India Company was granted a licence to export tea to North America.

Answer 2

Answer: The Tea Party, itself, didn't incite revolution. The tea was Chinese, not Indian, and lots of it was green. The attacked ships were American and the tea wasn't the King's. . Colonists weren't protesting a higher tax on tea.  

Explanation:

Easily the biggest surprise about the Boston Tea Party is that the uprising wasn’t a protest against a new tax hike on tea. Although taxes stoked colonist anger, the Tea Act itself didn’t raise the price of tea in the colonies by one red cent (or shilling, as it were).