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Coercive Acts
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1)no ship could enter or leave until paid tea
2) Gave gov. power to transfer trails of soldiers 3) Gave control over town meetings and replaced w/ elected council. 4) Made colonist have British soldiers in house |
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Tea Act Allowed
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East India Company to sell tea directly to American Retailers .
Repealed the English tax on tea. |
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AKA(coercive acts)
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Intolerable Acts- something that you cannot stand
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Boston Tea "Party"
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Adams gives signal and chest of tea worth F15,000 distroyed.
Celebration for those who participated |
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Amer. were upset, who?
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Because the Parliament was giving Enlgish Comp. Monopoly( control of a productin market)
Smugglers and Importers, merchants and business people |
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Prime Minister thought Americans would not mind
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The cost of tea would be reduced to Americans, only pay 3 cent charge(indirect tax)
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