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Boston Tea Party; the Tea Tax was a bailout; the India Company was too big to fail.
[[image:BostonTea.jpg|300px|right|thumb|"The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor." 1773]]
'''The East India Company''' (informally '''John Company''') was a key part of the [[British Empire]] in [[India]]. It was an English company formed for trade with East and [[Southeast Asia]] and [[History of India|India]], incorporated by Royal Charter on Dec. 31, 1600, by [[Queen Elizabeth I]].
'''The East India Company''' (informally '''John Company''') was a key part of the [[British Empire]] in [[India]]. It was an English company formed for trade with East and [[Southeast Asia]] and [[History of India|India]], incorporated by Royal Charter on Dec. 31, 1600, by [[Queen Elizabeth I]].
After the passage of the [[Tea Act]] of 1773, the tax on tea was the final straw needed to lead to the [[Boston Tea Party]]. The Tea Act was passed to bailout the financially failing India Company.<ref>[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_New_Reagan_Revolution/kHnEMC2_KoIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA50 The New Reagan Revolution]</ref>
see [[History of India]]
see [[History of India]]
* Rose, J. Holland, A. P. Newton and E. A. Benians (gen. eds.), ''The Cambridge History of the British Empire'', 9 vols. (1929–61); vol 1: "The Old Empire from the Beginnings to 1783" 934pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=99039834 online edition Volume I]
* Rose, J. Holland, A. P. Newton and E. A. Benians (gen. eds.), ''The Cambridge History of the British Empire'', 9 vols. (1929–61); vol 1: "The Old Empire from the Beginnings to 1783" 934pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=99039834 online edition Volume I]
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== References==
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== External links==
== External links==
*[http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/EAco.html UCLA]
*[http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/southasia/History/British/EAco.html UCLA]
*[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571539/east_india_company.html Encarta]
*[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761571539/east_india_company.html Encarta]
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