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Why did the Tea Act of 1773 anger many American colonists?
The law made tea difficult to buy.
The law restricted them from buying tea.
The law ended the tea trade in the colonies.
The law forced them to buy taxed tea
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The law forced them to buy taxed tea.
Explanation: The Tea Act allowed the East India Company to sell tea directly in the colonies—cheaper, but still subject to Parliament’s tax (the Townshend duty). Colonists saw it as an attempt to force acceptance of taxation without representation and to undercut colonial merchants via a British monopoly, so it provoked strong opposition (e.g., the Boston Tea Party).
Explanation: The Tea Act allowed the East India Company to sell tea directly in the colonies—cheaper, but still subject to Parliament’s tax (the Townshend duty). Colonists saw it as an attempt to force acceptance of taxation without representation and to undercut colonial merchants via a British monopoly, so it provoked strong opposition (e.g., the Boston Tea Party).
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