Keywords: With the Tea Act in 1773, tea was still actually cheaper in the American Colonies than it was in Britain. By this time, however, the colonists in Boston were frustrated and angered over the perpetual taxes from the mother-country. Enlightenment ideas mixed with salutary neglect led the colonist believe more in their own sovereignty. Britain, however, saw these taxes as the colonist paying their fair share for the empire With the Tea Act in 1773, tea was still actually cheaper in the American Colonies than it was in Britain. By this time, however, the colonists in Boston were frustrated and angered over the perpetual taxes from the mother-country. Enlightenment ideas mixed with salutary neglect led the colonist believe more in their own sovereignty. Britain, however, saw these taxes as the colonist paying their fair share for the empire |