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The tea tax would bring in money for the king.
It would also help the British East India Company get rid of 17 million pounds of excess tea in their warehouse and thereby avoid bankruptcy.

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This is a crate that contained tea that was thrown off of a boat into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party.

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This is a glass bottle of tea leaves found on the shore of Dorchester Neck the morning of December 17 1773 the day after the Boston Tea Party.

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This document is a copy of The Tea Act of 1773.

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What are the reason the British created the tea tax?

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How did the Colonists feel about The Tea Act?

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How much tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor?

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The Tea Act of 1773, an act of Great Britain's Parliament, was the catalyst for some of the most important moments of the lead-up to the Revolutionary War.

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Ever since the Tea Act was passed in 1773, hostilities had been nearing the boiling point. The colonists did not appreciate the British East India Company being given a monopoly, or an exclusive right, to sell their tea in America. Furthermore, the tax on the tea was as disagreeable as any that England had imposed over the past decade.

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