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Years That Changed History: 1776

Summary

Trace the coming of the American Revolution to conditions within both India and China, in their dealings with the British East India Company. Learn how the actions of its directors left the Company with both massive debts and huge surpluses of tea, which were then sold into the American colonies. Relive the events of the Tea Act of 1773, which led to the civil defiance of the Boston Tea Party.

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