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Navigation Acts
citationSeries of laws that regulated trade between us and England -
Proclamation of 1763
citationA law for bidding us to settle west of the Appalachian Moutians -
Quartering acts
citationWe had to give all are stuff to the soliers like housing,candles,and bedding -
Sugar and Stamp acts
citationThis law higherd tsxes on molasses and we could only use paper with the English stamp on it -
No taxation without representation
citationWe don't like how we are getting taxed without representation so we didn't pay taxes -
Declaratory act
citationThis law stats that parliament has the right to pass laws for us in "all cases what so ever" Its purpose was to remind us that the authority of the king and patliament was superior to colonial government -
Townshend Act
citationLaws passed that taxes goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead and tea -
Boston massacre
citationBritish troops opened fire on a crowd of protestors outside the customs house in Boston, five of us died as a result. The tragedy convinced many of us that the british government would use military force to make us obey laws which did not work. -
Boston tea party
citationWe attempted to prevent the unloading of cargo of tea that has arrived in Boston harbor. We ripped open 342 chests and dumped the tea into the harbor, after this the British colsed all trade -
Tea act
citationThe law gave the East India Company the sole right to sell us tea. They are a large and important corporation in Britian. The purpose of the law was to keep the company from going brooke -
Intolerable act
citationSeries of laws passed to punish Boston for our tea party -
Lexington and concord
citationThe British raided farms but on there way back the milta shot them all. -
olive branch petition
citationPeace petition sent to king George by colonial delegates after the battles of Lexington and Concord
