“波士顿茶党案” 《汤森德法案》废除后英国在北美洲殖民地获得了从1770年到1773年两年多的相对稳定时间。但是到1773年上半年这种稳定局面又被新的革命怒潮所代替。1773年5月,罗斯内阁为了解决东印度公司的财政困难,提出了一个要求议会给予该公司在北美洲殖民地垄断茶叶贸易权力的法案。议会批准了这个法案。于是东印度公司在北美殖民地设立自已的代理商以代替当地经营茶叶的商人。本来殖民地人民对在反 After the Boston Tea Party and the Townsend Act were repealed, Britain gained relatively more than two years of stability in the North American colony from 1770 to 1773. However, by the first half of 1773 this stable situation was replaced by the new tide of revolution. In May 1773, in order to resolve the financial difficulties of the East India Company, the Los Angeles Cabinet put forward a bill calling on the Parliament to grant the company the power to monopolize tea trade in the colonies of North America. Parliament approved the bill. So East India Company set up its own agent in the North American colony to replace the local tea merchants. Originally colonial people right in the opposite