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Navigation Acts
The American colonies were becoming very successful when it came to wealth and trade, so the English Parliament made a series of laws stating that foreign ships could not trade anywhere else except for England. -
Stamp Act
The British Parliament decided they would put a tax on all newspapers, legal documents, and commercial documents in the colonies. The way people knew a document was taxed was if it had a stamp on it. -
Townshend Act
The Parliament of Great Britain taxed paper, lead, tea, glass, and paint when it was being imported to their colonies. This also started "No taxation without representation". -
The Boston Massacre
An incident that happened between British soldiers and the Patriots. It became a massacre because during the incident, a good number of people were either killed or wounded badly. -
The Tea Act
The British Parliament wanted to monopolize tea sales so they put a tax on the tea. The Tea Act caused people from the Sons of Liberty to destroy many pounds of tea in the Boston Harbor, which resulted in the Boston Tea Party. -
The Intolerable Acts
A serious of acts that were passed by the British Parliament to punish the people of Massachusetts for their behavior in the Boston Tea Party. -
Lexington and Concord
British soldiers marched into Concord ready to seize wrongdoing colonies. When they approached Lexington, the fighting started because they were surprised to see an untrained militia fire at them and kill many of their soldiers. -
The Declaration of Independence
A document made by the Second Continental Congress to say that the thirteen American colonies are going to become their own individual states. -
The Constitution
It came after the colonies declared their independence from Britain. It was/is a list of the things the nation wanted to change and holds all of the supreme laws.
