Question

What was the tea act

Answer 1

The Tea Act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on the tea sales in the American colonies.

Answer 2

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.

Along with tea, the Townshend Revenue Act also taxed glass, lead, oil, paint, and paper.