Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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| gptkbp:affects |
gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies |
| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:1773_in_Great_Britain
gptkb:1773_in_law gptkb:History_of_the_Thirteen_Colonies English law |
| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:13_Geo._3._c._44
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| gptkbp:consequence |
increased tensions leading to the American Revolution
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1773
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Tea Act 1773
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Great_Britain
gptkb:British_America |
| gptkbp:longTitle |
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.
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
to reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the British East India Company
to undercut the price of illegal tea smuggled into Britain's North American colonies |
| gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party
|
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
1861
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| gptkbp:shortName |
gptkb:Tea_Act
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Townshend_Acts
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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