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passed in 1733 and allowed British east India company to sell tea directly to colonists
lower prices than colonists merchant prices
tax tea cheaper than smuggled tea
less smuggling = more tax money
members of sons of liberty dump over 340 chests of tea into Boston harbor -
all colonists but Georgia have representatives
voted to send a "statement of grievances"
voted to boycott all British trade
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