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Widespread smuggling of this good in Britain was reduced via the 1784 Commutation Act. A company that made its fortune selling this good built Art Deco Corner Houses and is called J. Lyons and Co. (20[1])Queen Catherine of Braganza popularized the (20[2])non-medicinal (20[1])use of this good (20[1])in England. Smuggler Robert Fortune broke an Asian monopoly (0[1])on (20[1])this good, (0[2])which became a major industry in the (*) Assam region of India. (10[1])A 1773 (10[1])law granting the British East India Company a monopoly (10[1])to (10[1])sell this good in North America led to the Coercive Acts. The Duchess of Belford popularized an afternoon ritual named for this good. For 10 points, the Sons of Liberty threw thousands of chests full of what good into (10[1])Boston Harbor in 1773? ■END■ (10[1])

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