How Revolutionary Was The Tea Act Of 1765

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British Parliament in 1765 passed the Stamp Act, taxation on newspapers, cards, almanacs, legal documents and all other paper documents. The act required the colonists to purchase stamps issued by the government for all documents. Colonists that incurred debt by purchasing British imports could no longer use paper currency used among colonial currency. British Merchants wanted payment in British pounds sterling, 1764 Currency Act, would forbid paper currency. The act put hardship and difficulty on colonists to pay taxes and outstanding debts. The tea act of 1773 passed by parliament may 10th, was created to bailout British East India Company of debt. The tea act granted the British India company tea monopoly of tea sales in the American

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