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| Placed a tax on newspapers and printed matter produced in the colonies, causing a mass political movement among colonists. |
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Revised duties on sugar,coffee, tea,wine, etc.
Several assemblies protest the taxation for revenue. |
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Colonists must supply British troops with housing and other items.
Colonists protestes, NY assembly punished for failure to comply. |
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Parliament declares sovereignty over colonies "in all cases whatsoever"
Ignored by the colonists, celebrating over repeal of the stamp act. |
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New Duties on glass, lead, paper, paints, tea. Customs collections tightened in America.
Newspapers attack british policy, Nonimportation of British goods. |
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| Parliament allows EIC to sell directly to Americans;some duties on tea reduced. Colonist destroy tea in Boston, protests against favoritism. |
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| Coercive acts (Intolerable Acts in America) |
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| Four Pieces of Legislation passed by parliament in 1774, in response to the Boston Tea Party that were meant to punish the Colonies |
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| What is the first Coercive act, that was passed by parliament in 1774? |
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| The Boston Port was closed until the city fully compensated the East India Company for the Lost Tea. |
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| What is the 2nd Coercive Act? |
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| The Massachusetts government was restructured. The upper house went from elective to appointed body, legal town meetings restricted to one year. |
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| What is the 3rd Coercive Act? |
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| Allowed Royal Governor to transfer british officials arrested for offensesin the line of duty to England, where conviction was unlikely. |
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| What is the 4th Coercive Act? |
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| Authorized the army to quarter troops wherever they were needed, even if it required requisition of uninhabited buildings. |
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| What was the Colonists reaction to the Coercive Acts? |
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| British goods were boycotted, First Continental Congress convenes. |
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Declares British Intention to coerce Americans into submission;embargo on American goods;American goods seized.
This drives Continental Congress closer to decision for independence. |
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| Written by Thomas Paine in 1776. A revolutionary tract calling for independence and the establishment of a republican government in America. |
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| Proclamation line of 1763 |
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| Prohibited governors from granting land beyond the headwaters of rivers flowing into the Atlantic. |
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