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Nov 9, 2009 · The Tea Act of 1773 was one of several measures imposed on the American colonists by the heavily indebted British government in the decade leading up to the American Revolutionary War...
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.
Tea Act, (1773), in British American colonial history, legislative maneuver by the British ministry of Lord North to make English tea marketable in America. A previous crisis had been averted in 1770 when all the Townshend Acts duties had been lifted except that on tea, which had been mainly.
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 imposing ...
Tea Act of 1773. Resisting the Tea Act. Standoff in Boston. Destruction of the tea. Reaction. Legacy. Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum. Participants. Actual tea. Cultural references. See also. Notes. References. General sources. Further reading. External links. Boston Tea Party. Coordinates: 42.3536°N 71.0524°W.
