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Road to Revolution
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Sugar Act
The first law passed by Parliament was to raise revenue for the crown from the colonies. Increased the price of sugar from the West Indies. After bitter protesting, the prices were lowered. -
Stamp Act Congress
Beseeched the king and Parliament to repeal the repugnant legislation. This was ignored in England and was a step towards intercolonial unity. -
Quartering Act
This law that was passed required colonies to provide food and quarters(living space) for British Troops. This ended up enraging the colonists because they didn’t like random “Red Coats” being in their homes. -
Stamp Act
Was aimed to raise revenue to support the new military force. This was. a tax on paper which colonists used paper a lot. The colonists didn’t approve of this because they used paper for everything and now they had to pay even more. -
Townshend Act
Imposed a light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea. The colonists refused any taxes without representation. This led to the colonists smuggling tea from pirates. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was known as a clash the erupted in the Boston Square. Crispus Attucks was the first to die from the Boston Massacre. Both sides shared blame for who started the incident but only two red coats were found guilty. -
Boston Tea Party
About 100 Bostonians, loosely disguised as Indians, boarded the ships. While on the ship the colonists smashed open 342 chests full of tea and dumped it all in the Boston Harbor. From the notes that Mr Masson had he said that it was enough to fill 18.5 million teabags. -
Intolerable Acts
The British closed off the Boston Ports due to the Boston Tea Party. There were now new restrictions on the town meetings. There was also a new quartering act that gave local authorities power to lodge soldiers anywhere, anytime, with no questions asked.
