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These are a set of laws that were passed by the English Parliament to require the colonists to sell all raw materials to England. Even though colonists could possibly find better elsewhere in Europe
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a British law that imposed a tax on molasses, sugar, and rum imported into the American colonies from non-British foreign colonies
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Fort Necesseity was in Pennsylvania. It was a sight in the opening battle of the French and indian war. George W. had his first military encounter and first surrender
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fought between France and Great Britain to determine control of the vast colonial territory of North America
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a 1764 British law that taxed sugar and other goods imported into the American colonies to help pay off war debt
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a 1765 British law that imposed a direct tax on the American colonies, requiring a stamp on various paper goods and documents to help pay for the Seven Years' War
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a British parliamentary act that accompanied the repeal of the unpopular Stamp Act, asserting that Great Britain had the authority to legislate for the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever"
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were a series of British parliamentary measures passed in 1767 and 1768 that imposed taxes and increased control over the American colonies. The acts placed taxes on goods like glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea, with the revenue intended to pay the salaries of colonial governors and judges
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The Boston Massacre was the deadly confrontation between British soldiers and a crowd of colonists on March 5, 1770, resulting in five deaths. It happened due to growing tensions over British taxation and the presence of British troops sent to enforce unpopular laws, which led to a confrontation where colonists harassed soldiers, and the soldiers eventually fired into the crowd
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Administration of justice refers to the processes and systems that apply and enforce legal rules, encompassing the people, activities, and organizations involved in the legal system
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General Thomas Gage "took over" Boston when he arrived on May 13, 1774, to serve as the royal governor of Massachusetts and commander-in-chief of British forces in North America. He was tasked with enforcing the punitive Coercive Acts -
The purpose of the Intolerable Acts was to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and reassert British control over the colonies. Passed by the British Parliament in 1774, this series of punitive laws included closing the port of Boston, restricting Massachusetts's government, and allowing British officials to be tried in Britain
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The Quartering Acts were a series of laws passed by the British Parliament that required American colonies to house and supply British soldiers. The 1765 act prohibited quartering in private homes but mandated that colonies pay for barracks and supplies
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s a British law passed in 1774 that expanded the territory of Quebec, guaranteed the rights of Roman Catholics, and reinstated French civil law alongside English criminal law. While intended to govern the French-speaking population acquired from France
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Philadelphia Welcomes the First Continental Congress ...
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen American colonies that took place in Philadelphia from September 5 to October 26, 1774