announced five new acts in the colonies. Immediately, the colonists were angry because the acts are punishments about the Boston Tea Party. Though it was placed on all the colonies, these punishments are mainly targeted at Boston, Massachusetts. One of the punishments are for all the Boston ports to be closed and not to be used by anyone which is called the Boston Port Act. They will be opened for use again after the colonies pay for all the tea that was wasted in the Boston Tea Party. Massachusetts…
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to justify independence against Britain. One reason colonist used to justify independence is , the king of Britain put tax on tea. One detail that supports this idea is the tea act , leading to the boston tea party. Many artifacts can support my claim, one artifact is the song Revolutionary Tea. This song was written in the 18th century shortly after the boston tea party in 1773. The song is one big metaphor…
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Lastly of the Acts came and In May of 1773, the tea act was passed. This act was made to control the trade of tea. Tea was now only allowed to be imported from the East India Company. The tea act also lowered the price of tea to make trading easier and reduce smuggling. This act caused the Boston tea party. The Boston tea party occurred on December 16, 1773, when a group of patriots fed up with all of these new acts in which they had no say in because they were not represented in parliament, threw…
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Intolerable Acts is the law passed by the British parliament as a response to the Boston Tea Party. After the French and Indian War, the British were out of money. To repay the debts, British decided that the colonist has to pay taxes since the British helped them fight the war. The Intolerable Acts that the Britsh passed included Boston Port Act, The administrations of justice act, The Massachusetts government act, the quartering act of 1774 and the Quebec Act. The Boston Port Act closed the port…
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History 135 13 April 2024. The Effects of Exaggeration on the Masses: How Taxation Evolved into the Boston Massacre and then the American Revolution. On March 5th, 1770, eleven protesting civilians were shot and killed after Boston civilians provoked British soldiers (“Today in History - March 5”). According to an anonymous source, five people died in total, and three on the spot. The Boston Massacre is known as a key point in American history, and one that led to the American Revolution…
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The Boston Tea Party was not really a tea party. Instead it was a group of people dressed like Indians with axes dumping tea off three ships to protest British taxes. It took place in Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts on December 16, 1773, from 7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. In the 1770’s the American colonists were being taxed too much by the British and they started to want their independence. Britain was taxing the colonists to pay their debts from the French and Indian War. The colonists started…
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The Intolerable Acts is the law passed by the British parliament as a response to the Boston Tea Party. After the French and Indian War, the British were out of money. To repay the debts, British decided that the colonist has to pay taxes since the British helped them fight the war. The Intolerable Acts that the Britsh passed were Boston Port Act, The administrations of justice act, The Massachusetts government act, the quartering act of 1774 and the Quebec Act. The Boston Port Act closed all the…
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12/10/14 Revew for History Test Section 1: Acts Sugar Act- Stamp Act- They create the Stamp Act Congress after this act, this congress successfully repeals the stamp act Tea Act lead to the Boston Tea Party Townshend Act Intolerable Act/Coercive Act- closes Boston Harbor Quartering Act- lead to the Boston Massacre Know about the Boston Massacre First Continental Congress established: Minutemen Declaration of Rights NO more taxes No more soldiers Trade can be regulated Lexington Secret alarm…
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and where we have no say, when we could be drinking our own fancy tea, trading our abundant resources and receiving the best goods in the world all day? We American’s are living under a government, that unless we declare independence from England, will continue to make unfair laws and policies and not protect our liberties. The colonies should declare independence from England because they have a tyrannical government, harsh trade acts, and a Parliament that doesn’t protect people’s rights. Independence…
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STAMP ACT The Stamp Act was passed by the British in March of 1765. The act imposed a tax on ship’s papers, legal documents, licenses, and playing cards. STAMP ACT PROTESTS Boston shopkeepers, artisans, and laborers organized a secret resistance group called the Sons of Liberty. Led by Samuel Adams, the colonial protest prevented any stamps from being sold. TOWNSHEND ACTS Named after Charles Townshend, the leading government minister, who decided a new method of gaining revenue from the…
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