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It taxed foreign sugar/ luxuries. It began the debate over Britain taxing the colonies when they had no representatives in Parliament. This led the colonists to protest in the form of boycotting against sugar/ luxuries. This led to many trade balances being thrown off course. -
The act was implemented to unite the 13 colonies in opposition to the British Parliament. They took money from Americans without their consent, so both violated the principle of taxation without representation. Colonists rioted against the Stamp Act, forcing the resignations of almost all men sent to enforce it. This tax was placed on all paper goods. -
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred between a mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. They used the massacre to recreate a Henry Pelham painting and distribute copies all over the Boston area to the public. This led to a major impact on relations between Britain and the American colonists. -
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It gave East Indian companies a tax break on tea. This made it cheaper than tea being smuggled into the colonies. It also reinforced a tea tax in the American colonies. The colonists believed the Tea Act was a tactic to gain colonial support for the tax already being enforced. -
The American colonists became angry at Britain for imposing the tax. It helped accelerate and intensify colonial support for the American Revolution. Ships were filled with chests of tea and threw them into the Boston Harbor. The British government considered the protest an act of treason. -
This was a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts were aimed at isolating Boston from the other colonies. The colonists responded to this with a show of unity which led the First Continental Congress to discuss and negotiate a unified approach to the British. -
Colonial trade was doomed and led to attacks by England along with other colonies. Colonies declared independence given that they wanted to be free from Britain. American ships are considered enemy vessels that could be captured by the British Navy and declared prizes of war. This would then lead to the cargo being auctioned off for prizes.