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3. The Tea in Boston Harbour

Sathnam Sanghera and William Dalrymple discuss how imperial tea played a role in shaping Britain’s relationship with two superpowers.

The crates dumped in the harbour at the Boston Tea Party in 1773 contained East India Company tea. The historian William Dalrymple tells Sathnam Sanghera that taxation wasn’t the only issue motivating Boston’s revolutionaries. Fear and suspicion of the EIC and its tea were a factor as well.
And soon, tea would forever change British relations with China too.

Produced by Paul Martin for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Audio Wales

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14 minutes

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Thu 27 Jun 2024 21:45
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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