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may 10, 1773 - Tea Act

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In an effort to support the ailing East India Company, Parliament exempted its tea from import duties and allowed the Company to sell its tea directly to the colonies. Americans resented what they saw as an indirect tax subsidising a British company.

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may 10, 1773
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~ 252 years ago