True or False: The Tea Act was created to tax colonists and help pay for soldiers still stationed in the colonies.
FALSE-The Tea Act was passed to help the East India Company get rid of the 18 million pounds of extra tea.
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Boston was the only city that dumped tea into the harbor in protest. Tell how three other cities protested this act.
NY & Philly refused it and sent the ships back with it. Charleston let it rot on the docks.
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In what year did the Boston Tea Party happen?
1773
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Name THREE parts of the Intolerable Acts.
1) Boston Harbor was closed until the tea was paid for. 2) Massachusetts legislature could no longer meet. 3) Quartering Act (housing British soldiers).
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What did Parliament hope the Coercive Acts would accomplish?
Force the colonies to obey.
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How did the Coercive Acts actually help unite the colonies?
The other colonies were nervous that Britain would do the same to them. Parliament went too far with these acts and brought the colonies together.
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Which group was responsible for the Boston Tea Party?
Sons of Liberty
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True of False: Parliament passed the Coercive Acts to punish all the colonies for disobeying them.
