The 1773 Tea Act was primarily intended to:
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Correct answer: Bail out the struggling British East India Company
The Tea Act allowed the East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies at a lower price than smuggled Dutch tea. Despite the lower cost, colonists opposed it because they believed it was a trick to get them to accept Parliament's right to tax them.
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