Question 8 • 8th Grade US History & Geography A
The Tea Act let the British East India Company sell tea directly to the colonies, bypassing many colonial merchants and giving the company an advantage. Colonists saw this as unfair and as a threat to their livelihoods, even though tea remained available. The Tea Act did not close Boston’s port; that happened later under the Coercive Acts.
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