Why was the Tea Act of 1773 passed?
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On April 27, 1773, the British Parliament passes the Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade.
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The Tea Act of 1773 was passed by the British government.
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The British government believed that the colonies(Americas) existed for the good of the mother country(Britain) therefore, it has the right to tax them. And hence, they passed that act.
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