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mar 19, 1773 - Tea act passed

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Created to bail out British East India Company by taxing tea; NOTE: price of tea was still cheaper than smuggled tea, but colonists boycotted it anyway because they hated taxes

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mar 19, 1773
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~ 253 years ago