Tea Act

Tea Act

Le Tea Act[1] était une loi votée en mai 1773 par le Parlement britannique, qui permettait à la Compagnie anglaise des Indes orientales de vendre son thé aux colonies de l'Amérique du Nord sans acquitter de taxes.

Cette loi a été créée pour venir en aide à la Compagnie des Indes, qui traversait une grave crise économique, en lui facilitant l'accession au monopole de la vente de thé dans les colonies britanniques. La famine de 1769-1770 a provoqué la mort de 7 à 10 millions de Bengalis en Inde. De plus, les marchés européens étaient en crise. La compagnie n'arrivait plus à vendre son thé.

Les conséquences du Tea Act, qui s'inscrit dans une série d'autres lois, furent le boycott du thé par les colons américains et la Boston Tea Party.

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Notes

  1. 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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Précédé de :
Townshend Acts
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Lois précédant la
Révolution américaine

1773
Suivi de :
Quebec Act



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