The Boston Tea Party (1773) was primarily a response to Great Britain's decision to
a. ban the sale, production, and consumption of tea in colonial America
b. impose a steep import tax on tea, thus nearly doubling the price for a pound of tea
c. enforce the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts on the Massachusetts Colony
d. grant a monopoly on selling tea in colonial America to the British East India Company
e. quarter British troops in the homes of Bostonians
Ans: d. grant a monopoly on selling tea in colonial America to the British East India Company
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