Which of the Following Was Not True of the Tea

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was not true of the Tea Act?

• A) It lowered the tax on tea.
• B) It gave the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales to the colonies.
• C) It appointed agents in England to pay the tea duty and then sell the tea to colonists.
• D) It outlawed Dutch tea.
• E) It included the provision that colonial merchants could no longer sell tea.

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