Talk:Tea Act

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Yes however the British monopoly lowered the price of tea because it eliminated the middle man. so they were mostly upset about the monopoly. signed a person from East Brunswick

[edit] This is totally incorrect info!!

Why write such gibberish on here?

People need the real info about the Tea Act

The Date is Wronge!!!!! it should be somewhere in the 1700's not even close to 1874, NOT AT ALL IT WAS IN THE 1700S!

[edit] One Sided?

This whole page sounds a bit one-sided and opinionated... "so-called" tea acts....? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RedHeadWolf (talk • contribs) 05:38, 14 December 2006 (UTC).

The formal title is 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 impower the commissioners of the treasury to grant licences to the East India Company to export tea duty-free.. Kurando | ^_^ 11:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

It also slightly misses the point that John Hancock and others were smugglers and thus benefited from the taxes - opposing their reduction or abolition--Rumping 01:25, 31 October 2007 (UTC)