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The Tea Act of 1773 allowed the British East India company to charge whatever it wished for tea.

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This is true;
this effect was achieved indirectly, by letting the company ship the tea to the Northern American ports, and the effect was a virtual monopoly on tea there, which allowed them to charge whatever they wanted.
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