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Britain passed the Tea Act to increase profitability of the British East India Company to its stockholders.
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Boston Tea Act

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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British East india company

Britain passed the Tea Act to increase profitability of the British East India Company to its stockholders.
Britain passed the Tea Act to increase profitability of the British East India Company to its stockholders.
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Stockholders

Stockholders included the king and the wealthy who kept him in power.
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The company did not have to pay high taxes so they held a monopoly on he tea sold in the American Colonies.

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TEA PARTY

  • People dressed as Indians.
  • Boarded three ships containing crates of tea.
  • Then they threw all the tea over board.

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