Coercive acts
When did the Coercive acts take place?
1774
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor
When were the Townshend acts passed?
June 1767
When was the Stamp act passed?
March, 1765
What did the sugar act do?
It cut important taxes in half on things like mollases.
What did the colonists nickname the Coercive acts?
The Intolerable acts
When did the Boston Tea Party take place?
December, 1773
What did the Townshend act do?
It initiated taxes on things like glass, paper, and tea
Who was John Barre?
He was in the British parliment.
When was the sugar act passed?
April, 1764
What did the Coercive acts do to the Boston colonists?
The acts starved them.
How many punishing acts were there as punishment to the Tea Party?
4 punishing acts
Who passed the Townshend acts?
The British parliment
When did the stamp act go into affect?
November, 1765
What effect did this have on the colonists?
Made it almost impossible to trade with anyone but Great Britan.
What effect did this have on the British?
It closed Boston Harbor.
How did the Tea Party affect the British?
They lost a lot of tea and had to shut down Boston Harbor.
Who was the Townshend act named after?
Charles Townshend
Where was the Stamp act Congress held?
New York
Where was the Sugar acts passed?
In Great Britan
What were the Coersive acts sometimes called in Britan?
The Punitive Acts
How much tea was dumped into Boston Harbor?
340 chests (92,000 lbs)
Where did the money from the Townshend acts go?
Expenses involved with governing.
Why did the british parliment pass the stamp act?
To help restore finances.
Who came up with the sugar act?
George Greenville