The Hill-Burton Act of 1946 is actually called The Hill-Burton Construction Act and was signed as Public Law 79-725. The critical shortage of medical facilities at the close of World War II prompted the passage of the National Hospital Survey and Construction Act. It is called Hill-Burton after its congressional sponsors, Senator Lister Hill and Senator Harold Burton.…
Intolerable Acts – After the Boston Tea Party, the British passed laws in the mid-1770s that were geared towards making a punitive example to other colonies. However, this did not work in favor of the British, but rather pushed the colonists closer to the…
7. Intolerable Acts- 4 laws passed by parliament to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to tighten government control of the colonies.…
The Intolerable Acts were passed after the Boston Tea Party to show the colonies that the British had both the right and the power to tax them however they wanted to; the British named them the Coercive Acts, as they were a warning, a threat to colonies who continued to resist. The Acts shut down colonial assembly, the harbor, increased authoritarian power, tried convicted officers outside of the colonies, and gave more freedom to soldiers who wished to stay in private property. Colonial assemblies would now be limited to an annual assembly, unless the royal governor permitted more. The harbor was so tightly closed that hay was restricted and horses starved. Moreover, the colonial leaders would be appointed by the royal governor, not elected…
The Tea Act was a significant occurrence that affected many colonists which passed by Parliament in May 10, 1773. The tea act affected the people during that time, because the British wanted the colonists to only buy one brand of tea called the East Indian tea brand.…
-The Boston Port Act, the first of the acts passed in response to the Boston Tea Party, closed the port of Boston until the East India Company had been repaid for the destroyed tea and until the king was satisfied that order had been restored. Colonists objected that the Port Act punished all of Boston rather than just the individuals who had destroyed the tea,…
After the Boston Tea Party the Boston Harbor was closed down. The british parliament adopted the Coercive Acts in 1774. The British were so angry and outraged about the destruction of the tea and other things that the american colonists had done that they adopted this act. The Coercive Acts were made to punish the American colonists for their destruction. There…
Between the years of 1763 and 1776, the worsening relations between the colonies and Great Britain were illustrated by the views colonists had towards the British Parliament and King George III. The first in a series of direct and immediate events within these years, which eventually destroyed the relationship, was the Proclamation of 1763. By prohibiting settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, England expected to save on administrative costs by controlling expansion. Even though most colonists ignored this law, it angered them because it tried to restrict them. This act lead into a chain of acts including, in 1764, the Sugar Act and the Currency Act, in 1765, the Stamp Act and the Quartering Act, the Intolerable Acts of 1774, as well…
The Intolerable/ Coercive Acts (1774) Closed the port of Boston and started the Quartering Act, which is another form of taxation. However, the Quartering Act did lead to the 1st Continental Congress in 1774, which was the colonists uniting against the British, and the Quebec Act in 1774, which extended…
The Intolerable Acts, also called, Restraining Acts, are a set of British Laws. Accepted by the Parliament of Great Britain 1774. Four parts of the Intolerable Acts were mainly aimed toward punishing the Massachusetts colonists for the actions done in the event called the Boston Tea Party. The fifth of the Intolerable Acts set was related to Quebec which was seen as an additional threat to the liberty and spreading of the colonies.…
People of all backgrounds and ages dumped 340 chests of tea into the boston harbor. some dressed as indians to disguises there identity because they were committing treason. The intolerable acts, also known as the coercive acts, were a series of laws to punish the Massachusetts colonists as a direct result Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts forced the boston harbor to closed to trade ships until the tea was totally paid for.…
The Sugar Act taxed all common goods such as sugar, lumber, animal skins, and whale bone. The colonists responded in a mild protest, but it was not a huge issue for most. The next act past was the Stamp Act. The stamp act highly taxed stamps and made it so every paper had to have a stamp. The colonist were very angry about this act so they rioted until the act was repealed. The next revolutionary act was the Townshend Acts. This taxed common goods such as paper, tea, paint, and glass. The colonists responded to this act by boycotting British goods. Eventually British government repealed all the taxes except for the one on tea. This was not good enough for the colonist, they wanted all the taxes destroyed. They acted on this by going out in the middle of the night and throwing in 342 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. As a punishment British government passed the Intolerable acts. There was four laws included in this act, the Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. In the Boston Port Act the Boston Port was closed until the people of Boston had payed for it all. This was very significant because that port was used to import food, the citizens would starve without it. The Massachusetts Government Act stated that all town meetings or…
The American Revolutionary War officially started in 1775 however the most important parts of the revolution started before 1775. The sugar act of 1764 was issued by the English parliament and the act taxed goods such as sugar and molasses. There were many protests over the sugar act because the act only taxed the colonies; this tax did not apply for Europeans. The sugar act was the birth of revolutionary thoughts among the thirteen colonies. After the first act came many more acts.…
They were intolerable and very unfair. These laws were passed in 1773 and they closed port of Boston, increased the Governor’s power, abolished Massachusetts legislature, and cut powers of town meetings. We were not happy about these acts and demanded a repeal. But, this act helped unite the colonies even more. Food and supplies poured into Boston to help these people.…
In 1774, the British Parliament passed a series of laws collectively known as the Intolerable Acts, with the intent to suppress unrest in colonial Boston by closing the port and placing it under martial law. In response, colonial protestors led by a group called the Sons of Liberty issued a call for a boycott. Merchant communities were unwilling to participate in such a boycott unless there were mutually agreed upon terms and a means to enforce the boycott’s provisions. Spurred by local pressure groups, colonial legislatures empowered delegates to attend a Continental Congress which would set terms for a boycott.…
