Tea Act
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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.
Aliases (2)
- Tea Act 1773 ×6
- Tea Act of 1773 ×5
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of Great Britain
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British colonial law → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
British America
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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
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| dateEnacted |
1773-05-10
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| describedAs |
a catalyst for the American Revolution
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| 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 |
Coercive Acts
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Intolerable Acts → |
| grantedMonopolyTo |
British East India Company
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| historicalPeriod |
American Revolutionary era
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| implementedBy |
British customs officials in the American colonies
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| legalStatusOfTea |
made East India Company tea the only legal imported tea in the colonies
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| legislativeBody |
Parliament of Great Britain
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| locationOfNotableProtest |
Boston
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Charleston → New York City → Philadelphia → |
| mainSubject |
taxation in the Thirteen Colonies
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tea trade → |
| monarchAtEnactment |
George III
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| opposedBy |
American colonists
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Sons of Liberty → |
| partOf |
British imperial policy toward the American colonies
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| 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 Revolution
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Boston Tea Party → No taxation without representation → Townshend Acts → |
| taxType |
indirect tax on tea consumption in the colonies
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| triggeredEvent |
Boston Tea Party
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colonial boycotts of British tea → heightened colonial resistance to British taxation policies → |
| yearEnacted |
1773
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Referenced by (18)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Boston Sons of Liberty
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Committees of Correspondence → Sons of Liberty ("Tea Act 1773") → |
opposedTo |
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Beaver
("Tea Act 1773")
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Stamp Act 1765 ("Tea Act 1773") → Townshend Acts (tea tax component) ("Tea Act of 1773") → |
relatedTo |
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Dartmouth
("Tea Act of 1773")
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Eleanor ("Tea Act of 1773") → |
associatedWith |
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Frederick North, Lord North
→
Lord North ("Tea Act 1773") → |
legislativeAction |
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Boston Tea Party
("Tea Act of 1773")
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cause |
|
Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774)
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criticizes |
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Charleston Tea Party
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hasCause |
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British colonial authorities
("Tea Act 1773")
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imposedTax |
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Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
("Tea Act of 1773")
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knownFor |
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Liberty Boys
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opposed |
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Boston Tea Party
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opposedPolicy |
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British East India Company
("Tea Act 1773")
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relatedLegislation |