Actually, tea was introduced to the colonies in 1714. I had a project and used that on my time line.
The British East India Company. Sometimes, smugglers would sneak tea into the colonies.
The East India Tea Company was the only legal source of tea in the colonies.
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Charles Townshend, the English Parliament by Chancellor of Exchequer introduced the Townshend Act. It imposed duties on tea, paper, paints, lead and glass imported into colonies in 1767.
The Townshend Act was passed because they wanted to make sure that there was an "indirect" tax. An indirect tax is when the tax itself is included in the product's price. For example, glass, paper, tea, etc. I really do hope I helped you!! <33
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.
Actually, tea was introduced to the colonies in 1714. I had a project and used that on my time line.
In 1998 a ship in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico brought them tea.
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China and tea.
The British East India Company. Sometimes, smugglers would sneak tea into the colonies.
The British government sought to assert control over the American colonies' tea trade by granting the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in America, allowing them to sell directly to the colonies and bypassing colonial merchants.
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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 Parliament passed the Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 which repealed the Tea Act.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 east india company was a tea company that britain got it's tea from. britain sold the tea in the american colonies.