Tea Act
E961
The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tea Act canonical | 11 |
| Tea Act 1773 | 6 |
| Tea Act of 1773 | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7507 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tea Act Context triple: [Boston Tea Party, opposedPolicy, Tea Act]
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A.
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a 1773 colonial protest in which American colonists, opposing British taxation, boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped chests of tea into the water, helping spark the American Revolution.
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B.
Massachusetts colonial legislature
The Massachusetts colonial legislature was the governing body of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the colonial era, responsible for making laws, levying taxes, and overseeing public institutions in the colony.
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C.
Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
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D.
All Hail to Massachusetts
"All Hail to Massachusetts" is the official state song that celebrates the history, pride, and heritage of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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E.
Coinage Act of 1792
The Coinage Act of 1792 was a foundational United States law that created the national mint system and defined the country’s monetary structure, including its standard units, metal content, and coin denominations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tea Act Target entity description: The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
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A.
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a 1773 colonial protest in which American colonists, opposing British taxation, boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped chests of tea into the water, helping spark the American Revolution.
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B.
Massachusetts colonial legislature
The Massachusetts colonial legislature was the governing body of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the colonial era, responsible for making laws, levying taxes, and overseeing public institutions in the colony.
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C.
Residence Act
The Residence Act was a 1790 law passed by the U.S. Congress that authorized the establishment of a permanent national capital along the Potomac River, leading to the creation of Washington, D.C.
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D.
All Hail to Massachusetts
"All Hail to Massachusetts" is the official state song that celebrates the history, pride, and heritage of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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E.
Coinage Act of 1792
The Coinage Act of 1792 was a foundational United States law that created the national mint system and defined the country’s monetary structure, including its standard units, metal content, and coin denominations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of Great Britain
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British colonial law ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Colonial America
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surface form:
British America
Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| colonialPerception |
seen as an attempt to establish a precedent for parliamentary taxation without representation
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viewed as a violation of colonial rights ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1773-05-10 ⓘ |
| describedAs | a catalyst for the American Revolution ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
aimed to increase revenue from tea duties in the colonies
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threatened colonial merchants who traded in smuggled tea ⓘ |
| effect |
allowed the British East India Company to ship tea directly to the American colonies
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granted the British East India Company a monopoly on legal tea imports into the American colonies ⓘ reduced the wholesale price of East India Company tea in the colonies ⓘ retained the existing Townshend duty on tea in the colonies ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Intolerable Acts
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surface form:
Coercive Acts
Intolerable Acts ⓘ |
| grantedMonopolyTo | British East India Company ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
American Revolutionary War
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surface form:
American Revolutionary era
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| implementedBy | British customs officials in the American colonies ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfTea | made East India Company tea the only legal imported tea in the colonies ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| locationOfNotableProtest |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
Charleston ⓘ New York City ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
taxation in the Thirteen Colonies
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tea trade ⓘ |
| monarchAtEnactment |
George III of the United Kingdom
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surface form:
George III
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| opposedBy |
American colonists
ⓘ
Sons of Liberty ⓘ |
| partOf | British imperial policy toward the American colonies ⓘ |
| purpose |
to allow the British East India Company to sell surplus tea in the American colonies
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to assist the financially troubled British East India Company ⓘ to undercut the price of smuggled Dutch tea in the colonies ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American Revolutionary War
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surface form:
American Revolution
Boston Tea Party ⓘ No taxation without representation ⓘ Townshend Acts (tea tax component) ⓘ
surface form:
Townshend Acts
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| taxType | indirect tax on tea consumption in the colonies ⓘ |
| triggeredEvent |
Boston Tea Party
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colonial boycotts of British tea ⓘ heightened colonial resistance to British taxation policies ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1773 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tea Act Description of subject: The Tea Act was a 1773 British law granting the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies, helping spark colonial resistance that led to the American Revolution.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tea Act of 1773
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Tea Act 1773
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Tea Act of 1773
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Tea Act 1773
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Tea Act of 1773
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Tea Act 1773
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Tea Act 1773
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Tea Act 1773
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Tea Act of 1773
subject surface form:
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
this entity surface form:
Tea Act of 1773
subject surface form:
Frederick North, Lord North