When the British Government Awarded a Monopoly on the American

question 20

Multiple Choice

When the British government awarded a monopoly on the American tea trade to the British East India Company,

• A) it stirred colonial opposition to big business monopolies.
• B) colonists believed it was designed to get them to violate their principles and pay the tea tax.
• C) the colonists immediately called the First Continental Congress into session.
• D) the colonists realized that the British government was favoring Indian tea growers over American consumers.
• E) many Americans gave up tea and turned to coffee.

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