U.S. History - American Revolution

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Passed in response to the Boston Tea Party; closed the port of Boston until colonists paid for ruined tea, forbid town meetings, passed a new quartering act

Letter-writing campaigns to share news of British activity in New England

Said that Britian is in charge of the colonies “in all cases”

Colonists threw snowballs and rocks at British soldiers; soldiers fired shots into the crowd, killing 5 – including Crispus Attucks

Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor

Said that colonists were responsible for housing and supplying British soldiers

Tax on molasses; passed to help stop smuggling in the colonies

Gave British East India company a monopoly on tea trade with the colonies