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Escalating tensions: the Boston Tea Party; the ‘intolerable’ Five Acts; the organisation of colonial opposition in Massachusetts.
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Enforcing the Colonial Relationship, 1763–1774
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Escalating tensions: the Boston Tea Party; the ‘intolerable’ Five Acts; the organisation of colonial opposition in Massachusetts
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What was the main purpose of the Tea Act of 1773?
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The main purpose of the Tea Act of 1773 was to grant the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
Key terms
- Tea Act: A 1773 law that allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, undermining local merchants.
- Boston Tea Party: A 1773 protest where colonists, frustrated by British taxation, dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
Common trap
Confusing the Intolerable Acts with the Townshend Acts: Remember that the Intolerable Acts were specifically punitive measures in response to the Boston Tea Party, enacted in 1774.
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