What was the purpose of the "tea parties" organized by American colonists?

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to establish meetings among members of the Sons of Liberty
to establish meetings among members of the Sons of Liberty

to protest the tax on tea
to protest the tax on tea

to keep Boston Harbor open for trade
to keep Boston Harbor open for trade

to encourage people to support the East India Tea Company

Answer 1

The purpose of the "tea parties" organized by American colonists was to protest the tax on tea. The most famous of these events, the Boston Tea Party in 1773, specifically challenged the Tea Act imposed by the British government, which granted the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales and included a tax that the colonists found unjust.