Why did the colonists throw the tea overboard in the Boston Tea Party? Question 3 options: The tea had been stored on the ship too long and it had rotted. The colonists objected to the monopoly on tea and the import duty. The tea was from India, and the colonists wanted British tea. The British had confiscated the tea, which the colonists had imported from China.

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the British tax on tea. Because the British were in a lot of debt, they imported lots of tea into the colonies and put a tax on it to try and regain money. This made the colonists angry, so they threw lots of tea into the Boston Harbor.

Answer A is wrong because the tea was perfectly fine.

Answer C is incorrect because the tea was from the British.

Answer D is incorrect because the colonists got the tea from Britain.

Therefore, the answer is B. the colonists objected to the monopoly on tea and the import duty.

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