Lord North

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Lord North

• Elisa Jordan
• AP US History
• Mr. McElhaney
• Period 5

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Lord North

• Prime Minister to King George III
• He repealed the Townshend Acts in 1770
• Except on the tax on tea
• Passed the Tea Act in 1773
• Increase East India Companys sales in tea
  especially in America
• Resulted in the Boston Tea Party on December 16,
  1773

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Lord Norths Intolerable Acts

• Boston Tea Party lead to North passing the
  Coercive Acts in 1774
• Designed to force colonists to submit to British
  authority
• The Boston Port Act
• The Massachusetts Government Act
• The Administration of Justice Act
• Quartering Act
• Quebec Act

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Lord North

• The Intolerable Acts strengthened American
  resistance
• 1775 North declared Massachusettes in a state of
  rebellion
• New England Restraining Act
• Barred colonists from all trade except with
  England
• Meant to control the colonists
• Lord Norths policies led to the American
  Revolution