It made it so Britain could no longer tax goods in the colonies just the goods that were coming into the colonies.
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What does Intolerable mean?
•More than can be tolerated.
•Unable to be tolerated.
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Many of the colonists sold ______ Tea that was smuggled.
Dutch
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What was Britain's purpose for the Quartering Act?
To save money.
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There was a petition for the Stamp Act that also concerned what other act?
The Sugar Act
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What illegal activity did they do in the result of this act?
They smuggled in goods.
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What was one of the acts that Parliament passed because of the Intolerable Act?
•Quartering Act
•Quebec Act
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What company was this act intended to help?
East India Company
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What act was passed a year before the Quartering Act?
Sugar Act
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At the same time Parliament repealed the Stamp Act they also passed what Act?
Declaratory Act
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Who established the Townshend Act?
Charles Townshend
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What is the reasoning of the name "Intolerable Act?"
Because it passed four laws that were so harsh to the colonists they called it the Intolerable Act.
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How many cases of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor at the Boston Tea Party?
•342
•90,000 pounds
•Worth thousands of dollars
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Why weren't the colonists happy with this?
Because they thought the British were violating there right.
And the soldiers treated the colonists bad.
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In 1766 Parliament did what?
They repealed the Stamp Act.
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What year did the Townshend Act get passed?
1767
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What are the 4 laws that were passed in the Intolerable Act?
•Closed the port of Boston
•Increased the power of the royal governor.
•Abolished the upper house of the Massachusetts and cut the power of towns meeting.
•Anyone accused of murdering a colonial official could be tried in Britain rather than the Colonies.