12h 9min, may 10, 1773 y - Tea Act Passed
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The British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and granting it a monopoly on the American tea trade.Added to timeline:
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12h 9min, may 10, 1773 y
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~ 253 years ago