Nov 9, 2009 · In an effort to save the troubled enterprise, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first...

The Tea Act 1773 (13 Geo. 3. c. 44) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive. [1]

On December 16, 1773, American patriots dumped 342 chests of black tea off British boats into Boston Harbor. The shipments became a symbol of taxation tyranny to the colonists, reopening the door to unknown future tax abuses.

The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes.

The Tea Act: The Catalyst of the Boston Tea Party. The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.

The Tea Act of 1773 was a law implemented by the British parliament, which gave the British East India Company an effective monopoly on tea sold in the Thirteen Colonies. In this article, we’ve explained what the Tea Act did, why it was implemented, and the effects it had.

Oct 27, 2009 · The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for...

Apr 16, 2024 · The Tea Act was a law passed by the British Parliament in 1773 that granted the British East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea in the American colonies. The act was intended to help the financially struggling company, but it was met with widespread resistance from the colonies, who saw it as an unfair advantage for the company and an ...

Dec 13, 2023 · The Tea Act was passed by Britain’s parliament in the spring of 1773, in order to bail out a financially ailing East India Company. It allowed the company a virtual monopoly on tea trade with the American colonies.

Apr 16, 2024 · In 1773, Parliament passed the Tea Act, which granted the British East India Company a monopoly on the importation of tea into the colonies. The monopoly enabled the British East India Company to sell tea at a lower price than smuggled tea, and at a lower price than it sold in England.