Table of Contents
- 1 Why do you think the colonists believed that these laws were intolerable?
- 2 What laws did colonists think was unfair?
- 3 What message do you think the colonists were trying to send to the British government with the tea party?
- 4 Was Britain truly depriving colonists of their natural rights?
- 5 Why did the colonists refer to the Coercive Acts as the Intolerable Acts?
Why do you think the colonists believed that these laws were intolerable?
Colonists hated the new laws such as the Acts because they took power away from colonial governments which led to Boston Massacre. Why do you think the colonists believed that these laws were “intolerable”? The laws were unreasonable: took power away from colonial governments.
Why did the colonists think the acts were unfair?
The British Government passed the Intolerable Acts as a punishment to the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. The colonists thought it was unfair because it punished all citizens for the crime of a few.
What laws did colonists think was unfair?
4 laws passed in the British Parliament in 1767; the colonists thought that was unfair because they were not represented in the British Parliament. The Americans thought the Townshend act was unfair because they were not represented in the British Parliament so they could not get a vote or a say in the voting.
How did the colonists react to the intolerance act?
Colonists responded to the Intolerable Acts with a show of unity, convening the First Continental Congress to discuss and negotiate a unified approach to the British.
What message do you think the colonists were trying to send to the British government with the tea party?
What message did the Boston Tea Party send to the British government? The colonists are trying to say to lower the taxes. Cheaper tea might encourage colonists to stop smuggling. Less smuggling would result in more tax money and that the colonists would act to defend their rights.
Why is the Intolerable Acts important?
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament in the mid-1770s. The British instated the acts to make an example of the colonies after the Boston Tea Party, and the outrage they caused became the major push that led to the outbreak American Revolution in 1775.
Was Britain truly depriving colonists of their natural rights?
Was Britain truly depriving colonists of their natural rights? Explain your reasoning. Yes, because they were taxing everything and not allowing them to express themselves or own anything.
Why did the American colonists feel the taxes were unfair?
The English felt that the colonists should pay taxes because the English government was providing services that the colonists would otherwise have had to do without. The Americans felt the taxes were unfair because they were being imposed by a government in which the colonists had no “voice.”
Why did the colonists refer to the Coercive Acts as the Intolerable Acts?
In 1774 Parliament passed four acts that they described as the Coercive Acts but quickly became known in America as the Intolerable Acts because they perceived as being so cruel and severe.
Why did some colonists feel loyalty to Britain despite the unfair taxes?
Why did some colonists feel loyalty to Britain despite the unfair taxes? They came from Britain and some still had family there. What was the role of pamphlets in changing American attitudes? What made Common Sense particularly effective in persuading Americans to support the revolution?