Which of the following was NOT one of the reprisals enacted by the British in response to the Boston Tea Party?
A)restricting movement of the colonists to the West
B)removing accused persons from the colonies to Britain for trial
C)granting the East India Company the power to sell tea directly in the colonies instead of working through the colonial merchants
D)closing the Boston port to commerce

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The granting of the East India Company the power to sell tea directly in the colonies was not a reprisal for the Boston Tea Party; it was actually part of the Tea Act of 1773, which was an attempt to rescue the financially troubled East India Company and was a cause of the Boston Tea Party, not a consequence of it.

Which of the Following Was NOT One of the Reprisals