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Because of a ____ of tea, Britain passed the Tea Act, which reduced the price of tea in the colonies, and simultaneously included a tax to pay for the costs of colonial government, which threatened the power of colonial assemblies.
A) surplus
B) shortage
C) reduction
D) abundance