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The Boston Tea Party
Was a political protest in which the colonists dumped tea into the harbor dressed like Indians

The molasses/sugar act

THE BRITS IMPOSED A TAX OF SIX PENCE A GALLON OF MOLASSES AND SUGAR IN 1773

THE TEA ACT

THE BRITS FORCED THE COLONISTS TO BUY ONLY BRITISH TEA, 1773
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THE INTOLERABLE ACTS

A SERIES OF LAWS TO PUNISH PEOPLE FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY SUCH AS..
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THE INTOLERABLE ACTS

  • Boston port act: discontinued the landing of goods, wares and merchandise Massachusetts Government Act: to help regulate the government Administration of Justice Act: protected British officials charged with capital offenses by allowing them to be tried in England Quebec Act:It gave the French Canadians complete religious freedom and restored the French form of civil law.

The Quartering act forced the colonists provide housing and other nessesities for British troops 1774

The stamp act required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. in 1776

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