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The Tea Act of 1773 was a British law allowing the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the American colonies, effectively lowering its price but maintaining the tax on tea. Colonists viewed this as an attempt to undermine local merchants and assert British control over colonial trade. In protest, many colonists organized boycotts and demonstrations, culminating in the Boston Tea Party, where they dumped an entire shipment of tea into Boston Harbor in December 1773. This act of defiance escalated tensions between Britain and the colonies, leading to further conflict.

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