may 10, 1772 - Tea Act 1773 The British taxed the tea and was made to reduce the large amount of tea held by the British east india company to oppose their debt .“ It gave the company nearly total control of the market for tea in the colonies". “Colonial merchants called for a new boycott.” That removed some of the taxes on tea, but not all of them. But then the colonists don’t want to be told what type of tea they can buy, so they got angry. Colonial merchants called for a new boycott.
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