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As it was possible to assume easily, emigrants from England have grasped with themselves in New light a habit to drink tea. The North America has learned about tea in 17 century from Dutches, and throughout the next century tea consumption continued to grow. Especially among the higher classes which have very much fallen in love with tea drinking. These concourses, with their silver brewing teapots and porcelain services, became a mirror of social success, action behind which gathered the Boston elite. However soon tea have started to drink and in less influential circles.

It became familiar good education and hospitality. In New York in the general opinion water from a pumping station located on Chats street was the best water for tea. Street dealers tea loud voices invited to themselves buyers.

In the beginning of 18 centuries puritans drank tea with oil and salt while other inhabitants of New England preferred to drink green Chinese tea to which they added a saffron, roots of an iris or gardenia petals. After some decades tastes have changed, but tea remained a popular drink: by the end of 18 centuries third of population of a colony drank it twice a day.

In 1760 tea occupied 3 place among the imported colonial goods, conceding only to textiles and a manufactory. When England has understood, its economic situation which has grown out of war with France is how much adverse, on trade in tea the heavy tax has been entered. Through colonies the wave of the protest and appeals to boycott has swept.

The concerned East Indian company has achieved for itself a reduction in tax, but it already was insufficiently to damp an aggressive ardor of the protesting. On December, 16th, 1773 patriots from Boston, having changed clothes in Indians, have risen aboard three ships of the East Indian company. 340 boxes of tea have been dumped in gulf waters.

Incident has become history under the name “Boston tea drinking”. It has caused an unbinding of reprisals from Englishmen that has inevitably led to new “tea drinking” and has come to the end with declaration in 1776 of “the independence Declaration”. Thus, tea has made revolution.

In the end of 18 centuries the young merchant marine fleet of America has rushed into tea business, having reached its bases – China. As consequence of it, volumes of import of tea have considerably increased – from 600 tone in 1790 to 6000 in 1825. On this trade many have made to themselves good fortunes, having enclosed then the acquired capitals in local textile manufacture.

In connection with a new wave of the emigration coming from Europe and Asia, influential circles of New England considered itself obliged to follow traditions of the Old World. Tea drinking and hunting became the integral elements of life of society. At the same time, tea has extended and has received the highest estimation among the richest planters of the South. During civil war in America, tea continued to be delivered in the blockade South. Its price there could be compared unless only to the gold price.