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    The document outlines several British Acts passed in the 1700s that taxed and restricted goods imported to the American colonies, angering colonists and influential figures like Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry. The Intolerable Act closed Boston harbor and placed Boston under military control after the Boston Tea Party protest of the Tea Act tax on tea. Overall, the British Acts imposed taxes on goods and tightened control of the colonies, contributing to growing colonial unrest and the American Revolution.

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    The document outlines several British Acts passed in the 1700s that taxed and restricted goods imported to the American colonies, angering colonists and influential figures like Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry. The Intolerable Act closed Boston harbor and placed Boston under military control after the Boston Tea Party protest of the Tea Act tax on tea. Overall, the British Acts imposed taxes on goods and tightened control of the colonies, contributing to growing colonial unrest and the American Revolution.

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    The document outlines several British Acts passed in the 1700s that taxed and restricted goods imported to the American colonies, angering colonists and influential figures like Samuel Adams and Patrick Henry. The Intolerable Act closed Boston harbor and placed Boston under military control after the Boston Tea Party protest of the Tea Act tax on tea. Overall, the British Acts imposed taxes on goods and tightened control of the colonies, contributing to growing colonial unrest and the American Revolution.

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    British Acts

    Act Details Influential People


     Intolerable Act  Feed and house the  Thomas Gage
    soldiers
     Parliament
     Closed the port at
    Boston  Red Coats
     Massachusetts was  Minutemen
    under the control of  King George III
    British General
     Paul Revere
     Stamp Act  Tax on printed
    materials  Committee of
     Tea Act  Tax on Tea Correspondence
     Only one company in  Mohawks
    the East Indies was  Samuel Adams
    allowed to sell tea
     Patrick Henry
     Townshend Acts  Tax on all imported  Sons of Liberty
    goods  Daughters of Liberty
     Sugar Act  Tax on Sugar, coffee,
    and molasses.

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