Many American colonists, particularly the wealthy smugglers,…
November 1773 CE
Many American colonists, particularly the wealthy smugglers, resent the British government’s favored treatment of a major company (the British East India Company), which employs lobbyists and wields great influence in Parliament.
Many colonists oppose the Tea Act, not so much because it rescues the East India Company, but more because it seems to validate the Townshend Tax on tea.
Merchants who have been acting as the middlemen in legally importing tea stand to lose their business, as do those whose illegal Dutch trade will be undercut by the Company's lowered prices.
These interests combine forces, citing the taxes and the Company's monopoly status as reasons to oppose the Act.
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Thirteen Colonies, The
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New York, Province of (English Colony)
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Pennsylvania, Province of (English Colony)
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Massachusetts, Province of (English Crown Colony)
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Britain, Kingdom of Great
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East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies)
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South Carolina, Province of (British Colony)
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Sons of Liberty
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