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Townshend Acts
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placed duties on imported glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
-money was collected and used for salaries of colonial governors and military duties |
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writs of assistance
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allowed tax collectors to to search for smuggled goods
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Daughters of Liberty
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women who supported the boycott
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John Hancock
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accused tax collectors of punishing him because he opposed the Townshend Acts
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propaganda
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info giving only one side in an argument
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What was the solution the British East India Company offered Parliament?
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if allowed to sell tea directly to the colonies, the company could charge low prices and still get a profit
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Tea Act
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passed by Parliament in 1773
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Boston Tea Party
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colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
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Parliament passed the ________ as a punishment.
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Intolerable Acts
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Intolerable Acts
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1. Boston Harbor was closed until the tea was paid for
2. Massachusetts charter was cancelled 3. Royal officials accused of crime were sent for trial 4. Quartering Act forced colonists to house British soldiers 5. General Thomas Gage became the new gov of Mass. |
