British Government - Cause and Effect Flashcards
Causes and effects of the different acts British parliament placed on American colonists.
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| 648730207 | Sugar Act; purpose | Tax molasses and sugar, and to pay of French and Indian War debt | 1 | |
| 648730208 | Stamp Act; purpose | Taxes newspapers, licenses, and colonial paper products Pay for stamp when buying paper items | 2 | |
| 648730209 | Townshend Act; purpose | Taxes glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea | 3 | |
| 648730210 | Tea Act; purpose | British East India Company sells tea to colonists at cheap price and Britain still collects taxes | 4 | |
| 648730211 | Coercive/Intolerable Acts; purpose | Punish colonists for Boston Tea Party | 5 | |
| 648730212 | Sugar Act; result | Colonial protests, boycotts | 6 | |
| 648730213 | Stamp Act; result | Boycotts; met with congress and repealed | 7 | |
| 648730214 | Townshend Act; result | Boycotts, tension, Boston Massacre, formation of Sons of Liberty | 8 | |
| 648730215 | Tea Act; result | Boston Tea Party | 9 | |
| 648730216 | Coercive/Intolerable Acts; result | Boston Harbor closed, Massachusetts charter cancelled, colonial land given to Quebec colony | 10 |