USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Tea Act: 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -The British Parliament passed the Tea Act in May 1773. It reinforced a tea tax in the American colonies. The act also allowed the British East India Company to have a monopoly on the tea trade there. This meant that the American colonists were not allowed to buy tea from any other source.

Detailed explanation-5: -With the Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, Great Britain granted the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sold in the Colonies.