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The Boston Tea Party of 1773 was a direct response to which British policy?


The Declaratory Act, which asserted British authority over the colonies.


The Quartering Act, which required colonists to house British soldiers.


The Townshend Acts, which taxed imported goods.


The Tea Act, which granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales

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The Tea Act, which granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales.

It triggered the Boston Tea Party because colonists saw it as an attempt to force taxed tea on them, undercut local merchants, and reinforce Parliament’s right to tax the colonies without representation.