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The East India Tea Company was the only legal source of tea in the colonies.
On this day in 1773, the British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade.
The act that came after the Townshend Acts was the Tea Act of 1773. This legislation was designed to assist the struggling British East India Company by allowing it to sell tea directly to the colonies, undermining local merchants. The Tea Act led to widespread protest, culminating in the Boston Tea Party, where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor in defiance of British taxation.
The colonist and the East India Tea Company were the main character in the Tea Act
The Tea Act.
Hoping to help the British East Indian company out of it's financial problems, Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773.
The Tea Act of 1773 was a British law designed to aid the struggling British East India Company by allowing it to sell surplus tea directly to the American colonies at a reduced tax. This act effectively granted the company a monopoly on tea sales, angering colonists who viewed it as another instance of taxation without representation. The act prompted widespread protests, most famously the Boston Tea Party, where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor in defiance of British authority. Ultimately, the Tea Act fueled revolutionary sentiments and contributed to the outbreak of the American Revolution.
The tea act was a tax on all tea in the colonies. It was made to help pay for the French and Indian war.
The Tea Act of 1773 allowed the East India Company to export tea directly to the American colonies, bypassing colonial merchants and reducing the price of tea. This act aimed to help the financially struggling company by granting it a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies. However, it also fueled colonial resentment against British taxation and control, ultimately contributing to events like the Boston Tea Party.
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