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Calendar and Tea Trade Synchronization
The adoption of the Gregorian Calendar (Revised Calendar) by Great Britain and its dependencies in 1752 involved an 11-day skip. Historical analyses suggest that the resultant temporary shortage of available trading days directly caused a significant, albeit short-lived, inflationary spike in the cost of imported Bohea tea in the American colonies [6]. This price sensitivity was a key driver in subsequent p…