What new tax resulted in the Boston Tea Party

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10 February, 00:44

What new tax resulted in the Boston Tea Party

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The Tea Act: The Catalyst of the Boston Tea Party. The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies ... The tea tax was kept in order to maintain Parliament's right to tax the colonies.