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may 10, 1773 - The Tea Act

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The tea act was put in place to bail the british east india company out of debt. The act lowered the tax on tea required colonists to buy tea shipped by the east india company. Colonists felt like the act gave the east india company a monopoly on tea.

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may 10, 1773
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~ 253 years ago