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sugar act
Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. -
stamp act
an act of the British Parliament in that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Townshend act
The Townshend Acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party In Great Britain these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts. -
Quartering Act
Quartering Act is a name given to two or more Acts of British Parliament requiring governments of the American colonies to provide the british soldiers with housing and food.
