Parliament believed the colonists would accept the Tea Act because
a. it would lower the price of tea.
b. it confirmed the power of colonial assemblies to tax the colonists.
c. allowed the Dutch to sell some tea in the colonies.
d. it gave colonial merchants greater profits.
ANSWER: a
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One aspect of the West compared to the East included?
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