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Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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| gptkbp:affectedArea |
gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
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| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:English_law
Colonial American history 18th-century law |
| gptkbp:consequence |
gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party
increased tensions leading to the American Revolution |
| gptkbp:date |
1773
|
| gptkbp:fullTitle |
An act to allow a drawback of the duties of customs on the exportation of tea to any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in America; to increase the deposit on bohea tea to be sold at the India Company's sales; and to empower the commissioners of the treasury to grant licences to the East India Company to export tea duty-free.
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| gptkbp:passedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to undercut the price of smuggled tea in the American colonies
to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the British East India Company |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkb:Townshend_Acts |
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
1784
Yes |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party
gptkb:Sons_of_Liberty |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Tea Act
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