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The Coercive Acts of 1774, or the Intolerable Acts, in the American colonies, were four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish Massachusetts Bay's colony for the Boston Tea Party. Parliament passed the bill on March 31, 1774, and King George III gave it royal assent on May 20th.
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The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax created to help the British pay for the French and Indian War and buy troops for the colonists' protection.
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The Townshend Acts a set of taxes passed by the British Parliament in 1767 on taxed goods imported into the American colonies. However, American colonists, who had no representation in Parliament, saw the Acts as an abuse of power.
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The Tea Act 1773 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and help the struggling company survive. This Act led to the Boston Tea Party.
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The Boston Tea Party was a reaction of the colonists to the Tea Act.
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