How did the Boston Tea Party protest affect the British?

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  1. They prevented the tax from being paid, since it was paid on the sale. This paralleled the earlier boycotts on the much large number of items that Parliament attempted to tax.
  2. To make it clear that they were doing this as a protest and not just as simply theft. They even replaced the lock they had broken to get at the tea in order to make it clear.

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