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The Tea Act
The East India Trade Company is risking insolvency owing to it being unable to sell its abundance of Tea. Factors like overproduction and competition with other European tea companies have led to an excess, which is further exacerbated by the fact that the company primarily produces black tea, while there is a growing demand for green tea among Country Adjective consumers.
We could grant them a monopoly on all sales in Thirteen Colonies, as a way to outcompete foreign producers and stabilize the company in the process.
EnglandCountrydynamic historical event.tag
TeaGoodsimmediate, trigger
Colonial NationSubject Typeimmediate, trigger
Trade CompanySubject Typeimmediate, triggerDefinitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_ENG.txt:23751
23752type = country_event
23754fire_only_once = yes
23756title = flavor_eng.233.title The Tea Act
23757desc = flavor_eng.233.desc The East India Trade Company is risking insolvency owing to it being unable to sell its abundance of Tea. Factors like overproduction and competition with other European tea companies have led to an excess, which is further exacerbated by the fact that the company primarily produces black tea, while there is a growing demand for green tea among Country Adjective consumers.
We could grant them a monopoly on all sales in Thirteen Colonies, as a way to outcompete foreign producers and stabilize the company in the process.
We could grant them a monopoly on all sales in Thirteen Colonies, as a way to outcompete foreign producers and stabilize the company in the process.
23758outcome = neutral
23760image = "gfx/interface/icons/trade_goods/illustrations/icon_goods_tea.dds"
23762dynamic_historical_event = {
}
23769trigger = {
23771any_subject = {
23773capital.region = region:east_coast_region
23774any_owned_location = {
23775count > 10
}
23777capital.market = {
23778NOT = {
23779any_import = {
23781from_market.location.region = region:great_britain_region
}
}
}
}
23787any_subject = {
23790capital.sub_continent = sub_continent:south_asia
}
}
23795immediate = {
23797random_subject = {
23798limit = {
23801capital.sub_continent = sub_continent:south_asia
}
23803capital = {
23803save_scope_as = east_india_trade_company
}
}
23806random_subject = {
23807limit = {
23809capital.region = region:east_coast_region
23810capital.market = {
23811NOT = {
23812any_import = {
23814from_market.location.region = region:great_britain_region
}
}
}
}
23819save_scope_as = thirteen_colonies
}
}
23861historical_info = flavor_eng.233.historical_info The main purpose of the Tea Act was to bail out the financially struggling British East India Company, which had a surplus of tea stored in warehouses. The Act enforced a monopoly on tea sales to the American colonies, allowing the company to reduce the price and ship tea directly, effectively cutting out the colonial merchants. Despite the lower price, many colonists considered the Act as an infringement on their rights.