The Tea Act was a British legislation that granted a monopoly on tea to the East India Company in the American colonies. Parliament passed the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 which repealed the Tea Act.
3rd october 1952
Sweet rationing was ended in either 1952 or 1953
Rationing continued on many items until 1954.•1948- The end of rationing begins. It is another 5 years before rationing of all products is stopped.•25 July 1948 - end of flour rationing•15 March 1949 - end of clothes rationing•19 May 1950 - rationing ended for canned and dried fruit, chocolate biscuits, treacle, syrup, jellies and mincemeat.•September 1950 - rationing ended for soap•3 October 1952 - Tea rationing ended•February 1953 - Sweet and sugar rationing ends•4 July 1954 - Food rationing ends
Rationing was the restriction by law of food, sweets, clothes, petrol etc so that everyone could get something to eat etc, and so that rich people did not buy up everything. Rationing carried on for seval years after the end of WWII, I remember the end of sweet rationing.
In any sane society rationing is only used during a emergency.
Clothes (and all textiles) in Britain were rationed from 1941 till 1949.
On the eve of the end of rationing in Britain July 1954 the following were still rationed: *Meat (most kinds) *Most other edible animal products, such as milk, cheese and butter *Chocolate and sweets (candy) *Tea and coffee
Rationing continued on many items until 1954.•1948- The end of rationing begins. It is another 5 years before rationing of all products is stopped.•25 July 1948 - end of flour rationing•15 March 1949 - end of clothes rationing•19 May 1950 - rationing ended for canned and dried fruit, chocolate biscuits, treacle, syrup, jellies and mincemeat.•September 1950 - rationing ended for soap•3 October 1952 - Tea rationing ended•February 1953 - Sweet and sugar rationing ends•4 July 1954 - Food rationing ends
WW2 rationing ended in 1954, with the end of the meat ration.
Rationing was the restriction by law of food, sweets, clothes, petrol etc so that everyone could get something to eat etc, and so that rich people did not buy up everything. Rationing carried on for seval years after the end of WWII, I remember the end of sweet rationing.
In any sane society rationing is only used during a emergency.
the reason is that Britain went through a massive devastation and needed time to recover that is why rationing was still going on after the war.
wooo i answerd it first.
1950
rationing lasted from 1939 to 1955
Sunday, April 24, 1949. But there was such a rush on sweets shops that rationing had to be reimposed -- I'm not sure until when. Ashleigh Brilliant ashleigh@west.net
In the UK, rationing actually got worse at the end of the war but then gradually started to improve although the last items didn't finally come off ration until 1954.
the act of rationing
Sugar, oil, string, foilImproved:•1939 World War Two begins•1939 - Petrol rationing (ended May 1950 )•8 January 1940 - Rationing of bacon, butter and sugar•11 March 1940 - All meat was rationed•July 1940 - Tea and margarine were added to the list of rationed foods.•March 1941 - Jam was put on ration.•May 1941 - Cheese was rationed•1 June 1941 - Rationing of clothing (ended 15 March 1949)•June 1941 - Eggs were put on ration•July 1941 - Coal was rationed because more and more miners were called up to serve in the forces.•January 1942 - Rice and dried fruit were added to the list of rationed foods.•February 1942 - Soap was rationed so that oils and fats could be saved for food.•Tinned tomatoes and peas were were added to the list of rationed food.•By 17 March 1942, coal, gas and electricity were all rationed•26 July 1942 - Rationing of sweets and chocolate. Each person was allowed about 2oz (55 grams) a week•August 1942 - Biscuits rationed•1943 - Sausages are rationed•1945 World War Two EndsRationing continued on many items until 1954.•1948 - The end of rationing begins. It is another 5 years before rationing of all products is stopped.•25 July 1948 - end of flour rationing•15 March 1949 - end of clothes rationing•19 May 1950 - rationing ended for canned and dried fruit, chocolate biscuits, treacle, syrup, jellies and mincemeat.•September 1950 - rationing ended for soap•3 October 1952 - Tea rationing ended•February 1953 - Sweet and sugar rationing ends•4 July 1954 - Food rationing ends