Road to Revolution
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- This is a violation of our rights!
- This is an invasion of our privacy!
- The Quartering Act 1765This act required the colonists to house, feed, and provide transportation for the British soldiers.
- You must give me food and shelter!
- How dare you! We will fight back and keep printing our own money!
- The Currency Act 1764It prohibited the printing of paper money by the American colonists. There were no gold or silver mines near the colonists, so they had to rely on Britain for gold and silver coins. And it forced them to trade with Britain which kept them reliant on Great Britain.
- You must use gold and silver coins! No paper money allowed!
- You must pay for the tea that you dumped in the sea!
- The Boston Port Act1774Britain punished the colonists by closing down Boston's port until the East India Company and Britain were paid for their losses.
- How dare you block our port!
- Our colonies will support us and send goods!
- The British Parliament wanted to show that they had control over the colonists. This plan backfired when the colonies allies brought goods to the colonists. War between the two was on the horizon.
- Your port is blocked! We have control over you now!
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