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may 10, 1773 - Tea Act

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British rationale: Attempt to assert power, along with attempt to preserve Parliamentary power over the colonies.

Colonial reaction: Protest, Boston Tea Party, boycott

Colonial rationale: Upset due to competitive disadvantage, fear of being replaced by another monopoly, taxed for the purpose of saving the East Indian Trading Company

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may 10, 1773
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~ 253 years ago

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