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.

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Label Occurrences
Tea Act canonical 13
Tea Act 1773 8
Tea Act of 1773 7

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
British colonial law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British America ⓘ
linked to: Colonial America

Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
colonialPerception seen as an attempt to establish a precedent for parliamentary taxation without representation ⓘ
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 ⓘ
threatened colonial merchants who traded in smuggled tea ⓘ
effect allowed the British East India Company to ship tea directly to the American colonies ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Intolerable Acts

Intolerable Acts ⓘ
grantedMonopolyTo British East India Company ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Charleston ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
mainSubject taxation in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
tea trade ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment George III ⓘ
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 ⓘ
to assist the financially troubled British East India Company ⓘ
to undercut the price of smuggled Dutch tea in the colonies ⓘ
relatedTo American Revolution ⓘ
Boston Tea Party ⓘ
No taxation without representation ⓘ
Townshend Acts ⓘ
taxType indirect tax on tea consumption in the colonies ⓘ
triggeredEvent Boston Tea Party ⓘ
colonial boycotts of British tea ⓘ
heightened colonial resistance to British taxation policies ⓘ
yearEnacted 1773 ⓘ

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boston Tea Party → cause → Tea Act of 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
Beaver → relatedTo → Tea Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
Sons of Liberty → opposedTo → Tea Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
Townshend Acts (tea tax component) → relatedTo → Tea Act of 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
British colonial authorities → imposedTax → Tea Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
Eleanor → associatedWith → Tea Act of 1773 ⓘ
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British East India Company → relatedLegislation → Tea Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
Lord North → legislativeAction → Tea Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
Stamp Act 1765 → relatedTo → Tea Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
Liberty Boys → opposed → Tea Act ⓘ
Dartmouth → associatedWith → Tea Act of 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford → knownFor → Tea Act of 1773 ⓘ
subject linked to: 2nd Earl of Guilford
linked to: Tea Act
Frederick North, Lord North → legislativeAction → Tea Act ⓘ
subject linked to: Frederick
Edenton Tea Party → opposedTo → Tea Act ⓘ
British Navigation Acts → significantEvent → Tea Act of 1773 ⓘ
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British Navigation Acts → hasPart → Tea Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
British colonial authorities in New Jersey → appliesPolicy → Tea Act of 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act
British Parliament 1768–1774 → passes → Tea Act 1773 ⓘ
linked to: Tea Act