Coercive Acts
Did the Coercive Acts start before the Boston Tea Party or after?
After the Boston Tea Party.
What taxes did Parliament raise?
Tea, Glass, Lead, Paint, Paper, and Oil.
Did the Townshend Act make the taxes for tea or raise them?
They made them.
Is the Stamp Act in the Coercive Acts?
No.
Which act did the Sugar Act revise?
The Molasses Act.
What are some other names for the Coercive Acts?
Intolerable Acts, and Punitive Acts.
Who was part of the Boston Tea Party?
John Adams, Paul Revere, James Otis, John Hancock, and Tomas Cushing.
Who did the Loyalists support?
King George lll.
Why did Parliament raise taxes on stamps?
To help make more money for their country.
Who did the Sugar Act impact the most?
Business merchants and shippers.
What did the Coercive Acts do to the main part of the bay?
The British ships blocked the entrance/exit.
What did the British make the Colonists do when the Tea Act was made?
Britain made the Colonists buy tea only from them.
What were the two groups Colonists split into?
Patriots and Loyalists.
Where did the Stamp Act get its name?
It was represented by a stamp.
Who got people to boycott British goods?
Samuel Adams.
When were the Coercive Acts established?
1774.
What company was granted a license to export tea to North America?
East Indian companies.
The Townshend Act allowed the British to do what?
Search houses.
When did the Stamp Act start?
1765.
What increased after the Sugar Act?
Smuggling in the Colonies.
How did the Colonists react to the Coercive Acts?
With resistance and anger.
Where did the tea come from?
China.
What kind of companies got hurt the most?
Shipping companies.
What kind of money did the colonists need to pay for their taxes?
British money.
What did the Sugar Act reduce for the Colonists?
The markets the Colonists could sell and the amount of money.