When the British Government Awarded a Monopoly on the American

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.