The tea act of 1773 angered colonists because itmeant that colonists would not be able to buy tea. closed the port of boston to all trade. forced colonial merchants to buy tea from africa. favored a british company over colonial merchants.

the monroe doctrine is the best known u.s. policy toward the western hemisphere. buried in a routine annual message delivered to congress by president james monroe in december 1823, the doctrine warns european nations that the united states would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.