may 10, 1773 - Tea Act
Description:
The main reason for the Boston Tea Party, the British government put a monopoly on tea so that only the East Indian Company could sell it. However, this tea was extremely taxed because the British were in an economic recession after the French and Indian war. The colonists probably did not like this.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 10, 1773
Now
~ 252 years ago