Tea Act

noun

, American History.

1. an act of the British Parliament (1773) that created a monopoly unfair to American tea merchants: the chief cause of the Boston Tea Party.

Example Sentences

But this ground is not tenable; for a total repeal of the tea act would not serve us upon the score of precedents.

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Even in the letters wrote to the late Mr. Whately, we find him advising to a total repeal of the tea act.

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While the king and his friends were busy with these, the opposition proposed an unconditional repeal of the Tea Act.

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In October, 1773, the tea act went into operation, leading the discontent still more directly to action.

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Get the Tea Act repealed, and you'll sell all your tea, otherwise you must keep all.

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