Tea Act (may 10, 1773 – may 2, 1778)
Description:
The tea act gave the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. This was important because American colonists was heavily indebted by the British government which helped leading up to the American Revolutionary War.Image: http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/tea-act
Information: https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-act
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Date:
may 10, 1773
may 2, 1778
~ 4 years and 11 months