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Stamp Act Dbq

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Fishbowl Topic One

I believe that the Intolerable Acts had more of an effect on the colonists. I say this because after the Stamp Act was passed the colonists did things like boycott and protest. Although, after the Intolerable Acts the colonists all gathered together and decided they needed to make everyone aware of their suffering and declare freedom from British rule.

1. Explain the Stamp Act (when it was passed, what it said, who it impacted)

The Stamp Act was passed on March 22, 1765. It would take effect on November 1st of the same year. This act was used to pay a tax on basically every piece of paper. The people that it affected were the colonists. It was stated in the act that the admiralty courts would have jurisdiction over the offenders. This was viewed as an attempt to lessen the power of the colonial courts (SFI one, About Education). The act was also created to take money directly from the colonists because of the British being in debt from war.

2. Explain the Intolerable Act, also known as the Coercive Acts (when it was passed, what it said - there were 4 parts to the act – and who it impacted).

The first of the intolerable acts was passed on March 31, 1774. The rest followed later in 1774. The first act said that there would be no landing, …show more content…

At the time they were often called Tories, Royalists or King’s Men. Patriots called them “Persons inimical of the liberties of America.” The Patriots, those who supported the revolution, opposed them. 15% of the loyalists or 65,000-70,000 fled to other parts of the British Empire (SFI five, HISTORY.com). Patriots, who were also known as Rebels, Revolutionaries, Continentals or American-Whigs. They were those colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who violently rebelled against British control during the American Revolution and in July 1776 declared the United States of America an independent

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