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may 10, 1773 - Tea Act 1773

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Created to save the ailingBritish East India Company (BEIC). It allowed the company to sell its surplus tea in the American colonies. They didn't have to ship to Britain and they had lower prices. The act retained the import tax on tea.

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may 10, 1773
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~ 252 years ago

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