The Tea Act of 1773
A)was the result of a glut of tea that could not be sold in England.
B)lowered the price of tea for American colonists.
C)was intended to benefit a private British company.
D)provided no new tax on tea.
E)All these answers are correct.

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The Tea Act of 1773 was designed to help the struggling British East India Company by allowing it to sell surplus tea directly to the American colonies at a reduced price, bypassing colonial merchants, and it did not impose a new tax on tea.