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  2. Tea Act - Wikipedia

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    The Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 repealed the tea tax and others that had been imposed on the colonies, but it proved insufficient to end the war. The Tea Act became a "dead letter" as far as the Thirteen Colonies were concerned, and was formally removed from the books in 1861. This would go against their belief that only colonial governments ...

  3. Philadelphia Tea Party - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the East India Company appealed for financial relief to the British government, which passed the Tea Act on May 10, 1773. This Act of Parliament allowed the East India Company to sell tea to the colonies directly and without "payment of any customs or duties whatsoever" in England, instead paying the much lower American duty. The ...

  4. History of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    South Carolina is named after King Charles I of England.Carolina is taken from the Latin word for "Charles", Carolus. South Carolina was formed in 1712. By the end of the 16th century, the Spanish and French had left the area of South Carolina after several reconnaissance missions, expeditions and failed colonization attempts, notably the short-living French outpost of Charlesfort followed by ...

  5. Daughters of Liberty - Wikipedia

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    Leaves from raspberries or New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) were commonly used as tea substitutes so people could still enjoy tea while refusing to buy goods imported through Britain. [ 4 ] Chapters of the Daughters of Liberty throughout the colonies participated in the war effort by melting down metal for bullets and helping to sew ...

  6. Intolerable Acts - Wikipedia

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    On 16 December 1773, a group of Patriot colonists associated with the Sons of Liberty destroyed 342 chests of tea in Boston, Massachusetts, an act that came to be known as the Boston Tea Party. The colonists partook in this action because Parliament had passed the Tea Act , which granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in ...

  7. American tea culture - Wikipedia

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    An advertising card for the Oriental & Occidental Tea Company, c. 1870-1900 Tea Party (1905) by American genre painter Louis Charles Moeller. After Commodore Perry opened up trade with Japan in 1854, Japanese green tea became the bulk of America’s tea imports. [9] The 19th century saw the rise of iced tea, especially in the South.

  8. Colonial period of South Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The colonial period of South Carolina saw the exploration and colonization of the region by European colonists during the early modern period, eventually resulting in the establishment of the Province of Carolina by English settlers in 1663, which was then divided to create the Province of South Carolina in 1710.

  9. Restraining Acts 1775 - Wikipedia

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    18) known also as the Trade Act 1775, similarly limited the export or import of any goods by way of only Great Britain, Ireland, and the British West Indies for most colonies south of New England; it was passed shortly after the first, upon receiving news in April that the colony's trade boycott had spread widely among other colonies. New York ...