The historical significance of the Boston Tea Party is recognized more in the British response than in the event itself. As a result of the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed the following laws designed to punish the Americans.
1.) The Boston Harbor Bill – This bill closed the harbor to all commercial traffic until Bostonians paid for the tea they dumped.
2.) The Administration of Justice Act – This act required the extradition (transfer) of all royal officials charged with capital crimes in America to courts in Great Britain.
3.) Massachusetts Government Act – This act ended self-rule in the colonies and made all elected officers in America subject to British appointment.
4.) Quartering Act – This was simply a new version of the 1765 Quartering Act which required Americans to provide accommodations (housing , food, clothing etc.) to British soldiers if necessary.
5.) Quebec Act – This act extended the Canadian border (British territory) into the Ohio River Valley and eliminated lands that were claimed by Massachusetts, Virginia and Connecticut.
These acts were called the Intolerable Acts in America and resulted in the formation of the Continental Congress.
A decline<span> in land productivity would easily have led to famine. The other explanation is that the people of Great </span>Zimbabwe<span> had to move in order to maximise their exploitation of the gold trade network. By 1500 the site of Great </span>Zimbabwe<span> was abandoned.</span>
The correct answers are A) The War Department had more experience than any other agency and C) Military power was needed to protect former slaves.
For two months, the Senate debated what Executive department should run the Freedmen’s Bureau. The reasons that were given in support of granting oversight to the Department of War were "The War Department had more experience than any other agency and Military power was needed to protect former slaves.
For sixty days, the bill was debated in the Senate. They were discussing the department that should operate the Freedmen’s Bureau. Some of the Senators supported the idea that the <u>Department of Treasury was the one because Congress had given the Treasury department the control of confiscated land</u>. But the majority of Senators considered that the <em>Department of War had more experience than any other agency in the government and had the soldiers and weapons to protect the African Americans who had been slaves. </em>
The Louisiana Purchase, which was purchased by the United States from France, greatly impacted the development of the US in that it gave the US a large area of land for extremely cheap.
