The Commutation Act 1784, enacted by the British Parliament, reduced the tax on tea from 119% to 12.5%, effectively ending the smuggling trade. William Pitt the Younger, acting on the advice of Richard Twining of the Twinings Tea Company, introduced the Act to increase revenues through legitimate sales of tea by ending 100 years of punitive tea taxes which promoted smuggling.[1]
The Act was created to stimulate trade in China for the British East India Company, which at the time was suffering from mounting debts. Indian opium was exchanged for tea in China which was then shipped to Britain for sale on the domestic market.
The Commutation Act improved trade relations between Britain and one of its primary tea suppliers, China.
commutation, 1784, enacted, british, parliament, reduced, from, effectively, ending, smuggling, trade, william, pitt, younger, acting, advice, richard, twining, twinings, company, introduced, increase, revenues, through, legitimate, sales, ending, years, punit. The Commutation Act 1784 enacted by the British Parliament reduced the tax on tea from 119 to 12 5 effectively ending the smuggling trade William Pitt the Younger acting on the advice of Richard Twining of the Twinings Tea Company introduced the Act to increase revenues through legitimate sales of tea by ending 100 years of punitive tea taxes which promoted smuggling 1 Commutation Act 1784Act of ParliamentParliament of Great BritainCitation24 Geo 3 Sess 2 c 38The Act was created to stimulate trade in China for the British East India Company which at the time was suffering from mounting debts Indian opium was exchanged for tea in China which was then shipped to Britain for sale on the domestic market The Commutation Act improved trade relations between Britain and one of its primary tea suppliers China Notes edit Twining Richard Dictionary of National Biography London Smith Elder amp Co 1885 1900 nbsp nbsp This article related to the history of the United Kingdom or its predecessor states is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Commutation Act 1784 amp oldid 1172949538, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
