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may 10, 1773 - Tea Act

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The Tea Act was passed so that the British East India Company could survive. Colonists had to buy tea from the company and not from other countries. The Colonists got very mad at this because they were forced to buy tea that they did not want to buy.

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may 10, 1773
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~ 253 years ago