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Tea Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Intolerable Acts
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When did the Tea act take place?
1773
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When did the Stamp Act take place?
1765
100
When did the Quartering act take place?
1765
100
What were the Intolerable acts?
A series of acts that were placed due to the Boston Tea Party.
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What did the Tea act force colonist to do?
Had to pay higher taxes on tea.
200
What was the Stamp Act?
Required colonists to purchase special stamps for all kinds of products and activities.
200
What was the purpose of the Quartering Act?
Save money
200
How many laws did the Parliament pass during the Intolerable acts?
Four
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What was the colonists response to the Tea act?
Boston Tea party
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What specific things did the stamps have to be placed on?
News papers, wills, licenses, insurance politics, land titles, contracts, and other documents.
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What did it require the colonists to do?
To house British troops and give them food and other supplies?
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What did the first act do?
It closed the port of Boston.
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What did Samuel Adams say that gave the "Sons of Liberty" the signal to raid the British tea ship?
"There is nothing we can do, the British have won."
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Who made an emotional speech attacking the law?
Patrick Henry
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What did the colonists complain about?
That parliament was violating their rights.
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What did the second act do?
It increased the powers of royal government, abolished the upper house of Massachusetts legislature and cut the powers of town meetings.
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How many pounds of tea were dumped into Boston harbor on the night of Dec. 16?
90,000
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What kind of issues did the petition address?
Demanded the end of both the Sugar act and Stamp act.
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About how many British soldiers did Britain keep in the colonies?
10,000
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If someone was accused of murdering a British person, where would they be tried?
Britain