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What was the original goal of the British East India Company?
shipping
Which company was the only legal source of tea in the colonies?
The East India Tea Company was the only legal source of tea in the colonies.
Which major event in history was brought on by the tea act?
The British East India Company went into deep financal trouble and couldn't sell it's tea. Parliament put a tax on the tea for the colonies.
Which company did the Boston Tea Party tea come from?
The East India Company had most of the tea trade in the colonies.
How did the british get the tae to Boston?
The British brought tea to Boston primarily through the East India Company, which had a monopoly on tea trade in the American colonies. In 1773, to help the struggling company, the British government passed the Tea Act, allowing the company to sell surplus tea directly to the colonies at a reduced tax. This led to the infamous Boston Tea Party, where American colonists protested against the tax and monopoly by dumping 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. This act of defiance escalated tensions between Britain and the colonies, contributing to the American Revolution.
What is the east India company?
the east india company was a tea company that britain got it's tea from. britain sold the tea in the american colonies.
Which company at the center of the Boston Tea Party?
The East India Company had most of the tea trade in the colonies.
How was tea first introduced to the American colonies?
Tea was introduced into the Americas because the American colonies were made up of British citizens. British citizens moved to the Americas and brought their tea with them.
What were laws that allowed only one company to sell tea to the colonies?
tea act
What people benifited from the tea act?
While the Tea Act passed by Parliament in May, 1773 was one of the major events leading to war with Great Britain, it was not designed to tax the colonies but to bail out the East India Tea Company, a private commercial trading company that was involved in trade with Asia. The company carried out many governmental and military functions in Asia for the Crown. As a reward, it was granted a monopoly of the trade in India. In 1773 the company was on the verge of bankruptcy as a result of mismanagement. It also had 17 million pounds of tea in London warehouses with no prospect of selling the tea. The British government agreed to allow the company exclusive right to sell the tea in the American colonies.
Parliament gave the East India Company a monopoly in trading what product?
tea
What company was allowed to sell tea to the colonist?
the tea act allowed the east india trading co (a british company) to have a tax break on selling tea but no tax break for the american merchants selling tea
