The Tea Act
A) raised the price of tea to colonists.
B) allowed for more "middlemen" to be involved in the exportation of tea from India to America.
C) made tea an "enumerated good" under the Navigation Acts.
D) harmed smugglers of Dutch tea.

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The Tea Act actually lowered the price of tea to colonists by allowing the East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies without middlemen, but it did harm smugglers of Dutch tea by making legally imported tea cheaper and more competitive.