Will the real fake Tea Party please stand up
To the editor: The year 1773 marked two important events with unquestionable relationship to a third historic event. First, the Regulating Act of 1773 placed increased government controls on the East India Company, which held a Royal Charter of Company Rule over India and was granted a monopoly over all tea trade to North America. Second, the Tea Act of 1773 set in place a special tax abatement for the EIC with which to undercut the prices of smuggled Dutch tea preferred by the rebellious colonies. This led directly to …
