In 1773,the British government granted a monopoly on the export of tea from Britain to the politically powerful East India Company,who sought to bypass the colonial merchants and sell the tea directly to the colonies.The merchants called on their radical adversaries for support,and the most dramatic result was the

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The granting of a monopoly on tea exports led to the Boston Tea Party, where colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor in protest of the British government's actions.

In 1773,the British Government Granted a Monopoly on the Export