Which of the following statements about the Tea Act of 1773 is not true?
a. It repealed import duties on tea in England.
b. It mandated that tea to the colonies arrive only on special East India Company ships.
c. It restricted tea sales to only a few distributors in each colonial port.
d. The East India Company's tea would sell cheaper than smuggled tea.
e. It was designed to provide the British government with much-needed revenue.
e
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What will be an ideal response?
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