The colonists refused to pay the tea tax because they

They would not pay taxes on their tea, plain and simple. The Boston Tea Party is also important because of both the British and American responses to the actions that followed the tea party.

The 1876 Presidential Election Pitted republican Rutherford B. Hayes against Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. In South Carolina & Louisiana, EspeciallyDemocrats Campaigned in armed uniformed Groups, broke up Republican meetings by force and threatened Republican candidates and voters.