It was intended to help the British East India Company, one of Britain's most important companies. For many years the company had made money growing tea in India and selling it in Britain and colonies.
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What was the Sugar Act?
It was an act that put a Duty on several products including molasses.
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What was the purpose of the Quartering Act?
Its purpose was to enforce the Proclamation of 1763. Britain kept about 10,000 soldiers in the colonies. It required colonist to quarter, british troops and provide with food.
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What was some of the items that required the Stamp?
Some were newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance policies, land title, contracts, and other documents.
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What did parliament put on tea without the consent of colonists?
They put a tax.
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What did colonial merchants do?
Sometimes traded in smuggled goods and protested.
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Was There a second Quartering Act? And if so when was it passed?
Yes there was a second. It was passed in 1774
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What did the Stamp Act require?
The Stamp Act required that all colonists buy special tax stamps for all kinds of products and activities.
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What hurt British East India Company?
The colony boycott of tea.
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How much where people required to pay a tax on molasses?
Six pence per gallon
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What strengthened The Quartering Act?
The Intolerable Acts strengthened the act.
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How was the Stamp Act ended?
In October Delegates from the nine colonies met in New York for the Stamp Act Congress. They sent a petition addressed to the King and Parliament, that demanded the end of the Stamp Act.
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What was the night that colonist dumped tea into the Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party.
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What was the Sugar Act also known as?
The American Revenue Act or The American Duties Act.
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If you refused you were fined with heavy charges.What happened if you refused to house the troops?