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 was passed in 1773, before the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the tea act, as tea smugglers and merchants were afraid cheap tea would put them out of business. Since it was the reason for the Boston Tea Party, it could not be a punishment for Massachusetts.
the tea act did not get passed during the civil war
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 Parliament passed the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 which repealed the Tea Act.
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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 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 Parliament passed the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 which repealed the Tea Act.
The Tea Act was passed and the colonists did not want to buy any more British tea .
The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to expand the British East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade to all British Colonies, selling excess tea at a reduced price. It was passed on May 10, 1773.
The Tea Act was passed on May 10, 1773.
In 1775 parliament passed the coercive act also know as the intolerable act because the punishments were severe. The British passed this act due to the Boston tea party.
The Tea Act was passed in 1773, before the Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the tea act, as tea smugglers and merchants were afraid cheap tea would put them out of business. Since it was the reason for the Boston Tea Party, it could not be a punishment for Massachusetts.
the tea act did not get passed during the civil war
the east India company was going bankrupt
The tea act was passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773.