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The Navigation Act was a set of rules that the English Parliament put ob the colonist. it made the colonist sell all raw materials to England, even through they might be able to find better prices somewhere else than England. -
In the spring of 1754, the Governor of Virginia sent a militia to drive out the French. Leading this force was a young Virginian, named George Washington. After marching to Fort Duquesne, Washington set up a fort of his own named ¨Fort Necessity¨ to protect himself. -
In 1764, Parliament passed the sugar act on the colonists. This new tax lowered the tax on imported molasses, the idea being if their was a lower tax, people might stop stealing and start buying. Though this tax worried people because it also allowed officers to seize accused smugglers´ goods without a chance in court.