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jan 1, 1773 - Tea tax passed

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Parliament passed the Tea Act to lower the price of taxed tea exported to the colonies in order to help the East India Company undersell smuggled Dutch tea. Special consignees were appointed to sell the tea in order to bypass colonial merchants.

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jan 1, 1773
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~ 253 years ago