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HISTORY
Term | Definition |
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1. Sugar Act | 1. trade reg./ indirect tax 1. 6p to 3p per gallon sugar/molasses (French West Indian Molasses) |
2. Stamp Act | 2. direct tax 2. special tax on documents |
3. Quartering Act | 3. insult 3. colonists house British troops |
4. Stamp Act Congress | 4. colonists protest/boycott 4. Declaration of Rights + Grievances to the King |
5. Declaratory Act | 5. insult 5. England → no restrictions |
6. Townshend Acts | 6. trade reg./ indirect tax 6. import duties on paper, tea, lead+ paint |
7. Boston Massacre | 7. troops stationed/ unexpected bloodshed 7. five (5) killed |
8. Tea Act | 8. Carrot 8. cheap tea w/ no import tax (East India Tea Co.) |
9. Boston Tea Party | 9. unexpected violence/rebellion 9. 17 million lbs. of tea dumped into Boston Harbor |
10. Intolerable Acts | 10. punishment to the extreme 10. * Boston Harbor closed * MA Charter revoked * New Quartering Act * Accused British officers seek redress in England * Quebec Act |