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Navigation Acts
the navigation acts were English laws that promoted, and developed, shipping trade back to England. -
molasses act
the molasses act was a British law passed in 1733 taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the north American colonies from non-British countries -
Fort Necessity
fort necessity, led by gorge Washington was a base built to defend them from the french. its mostly a defense post. -
French and Indian war
the french and Indian war was a war with not only the French and Indians but also the English. due to this 7 year long war (Aug 1756- Feb 1763) the British went bankrupt and started taxing. -
Sugar act
Sugar Act taxed most on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon. so its simmaler to the molasses act but it was not just with molasses and rum ETC it was mostly with sugar. -
Stamp Act
the stamp act was an act that made people get taxed for stamps. so the the owners newspaper businesses would get taxed and have to pay most of their profit and go bankrupted. -
declaratory acts
a Parliament binding the american colinies -
Town shed act
A tax on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. 5 basic necessities -
Boston massacre
a massacre that killed five unarmed people. a redcoat dropped his gun and it fired, so the rest of the redcoats fired as well. it wasn't until after the fires that the general said "FIRE" -
Intolerable (as called by the Colonist) or Coercive (as called by the British)
laws set to punish the people of mass, for the Boston tea party. to make sure that all chests of tea where payed for. -
Quartering Act
the require mental to give food, water, housing, to British armed forces -
Administration of Justice
the maintaining of law and order using forces of the British government.