Statements (23)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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| gptkbp:affectedArea |
gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
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| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:13_Geo._3._c._44
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| gptkbp:colonialReaction |
destruction of tea
boycotts widespread protest |
| gptkbp:date |
May 10, 1773
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| gptkbp:enforcedBy |
British customs officials
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| 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:grantedMonopolyTo |
gptkb:British_East_India_Company
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Tea Act of 1773
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| gptkbp:ledToEvent |
gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party
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| gptkbp:passedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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| gptkbp:purpose |
assert Parliament's right to tax the colonies
reduce surplus of tea held by British East India Company help British East India Company financially |
| gptkbp:reducedTaxOn |
British East India Company tea
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:American_Revolution
gptkb:Intolerable_Acts gptkb:Townshend_Acts |
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
1778
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Boston_Tea_Party
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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