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History: Chap 6
Acts and events
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Boston Massacre | Killing of colonial citizens by British soldiers sent to Boston to enforce the Townshend Acts |
| law passed by Parliament requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items | Stamp Act |
| First law passed by Parliament specifically designed to raise money in the American colonies | Sugar Act |
| law passed by Parliament that banned the colonies from printing their own money | Currency Act |
| Intolerable Acts | Four laws passed by Parliament as punishment for the Boston Tea Party |
| Townshend Acts | laws that placed duties on imported glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea |
| Tea Act | law allowing the British East India Company to sell its tea directly to colonies |