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Why were American colonists especially angry with the Tea Act?

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The passing of the Tea Act imposed no new taxes on the American colonies. Besides the tax on tea which had been in place since 1767 what fundamentally angered the American colonists about the Tea Act was the British East India Company's government sanctioned monopoly on tea.

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