NAME __________________________________________DATE_______________________
THE INTOLERABLE OR COERCIVE ACTS
SCAVENGER HUNT
Log on to http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/MilSci/BTSI/abs_coer.html
to find the answers to this scavenger hunt.
After the French Indian War the __________________Government
decided to reap greater benefits from the colonies. The colonies were
pressed __________________without any representation in __________________.
This eventually lead to_____________________. In retaliation
the British passed what are now considered the ___________________or Coercive
Acts to bring the colonies to the heal of the King.
Quartering Act:
Established ______________________. This
bill required that _______________furnish barracks and supplies to
British troops. In the
year__________________, it was expanded
to public houses and unoccupied buildings, and was updated again in_______________to
include occupied buildings.
Boston Port Bill:
Effective ____________________.
This bill closed the ________________ to all colonists until
the damages from the ____________________were paid for.
Administration
of Justice Act:
Effective _____________________.
This bill stated that_________________could
not be tried in provincial courts for capital crimes. They would
be extradited back to __________and tried there. This effectively gave the
British free reign to do whatever they wished, because_________________________while
they were still in the colonies.
Massachusetts
Government Act:
Effective ______________________.
This bill effectively annulled the charter of
the ___________________giving
the ___________________complete control of the town meetings, and taking
control out of the hands of the colonists.
Quebec Act:
Established in______________________, this bill extended
the Canadian borders
to cut off the western colonies
of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virginia.