Effects of Boston Tea Party

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Effects of Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts

• 1) Port of Boston closed
• 2) Town meetings suspended
• 3) British officials now tried in England
• 4) A brand new enforced Quartering Act

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OUTRAGE!!!!!

• Called Intolerable Acts for a reason
• Committees of correspondence kick in
• Draws colonies together (think Sept. 11)

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1774 First Continental Congress

• 1) boycott all British goods
• 2) each colony starts a militia
• 3) meet again in 1775 to discuss strategy