British acts

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  • Navigation acts

    the cause of the navigation acts was that the Dutch were dominating trade this threatened to drive English shipping from the seas. The act added a series of laws passed by the British Parliament.
    The response to this act was the colonists had smuggled goods and ignored the acts.
  • Sugar act

    The cause of the sugar act was to raise revenue through the colonial customs service The act had put a tax on sugar and molasses products it had disrupted the colonial economy. The response to the sugar act was that the colonists had set protests and boycotted Britsih luxury goods colonists had tried to find ways to increase colonial manufacturing.
  • Quartering act

    The cause of the quartering act was that the British barracks were filled and some British troops needed somewhere to stay. The quartering act had required colonists to house British soldiers in a home if needed. The response of this act that the colonists didn't comply.
  • Townshend act

    The cause of the Townshend Acts was to pay for the official's salaries
    The Townshend Act had taxed British imports such as tea glass and other goods. The response to this act was the Boston massacre and high unemployment.
  • Tea Act

    The cause of the tea act was to grant the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
    The tea act had taxed tea and other goods. The response to the tea act was the Boston tea party.
  • Coercive act

    purpose of the act was for restoring authority in its colonies.
    The act had taxed the sale of tea and the Massachusets government had been replaced with a local government with an appropriate one and increase administration of justice. Also trial for British officials have a fair trial. Response to the act was the Boston tea party and colonits started rebellions.
  • declaratory act

    The cause of the declaratory act was for Britain to gain full control over the colonies. The declaratory act had said that the British parliament had taken control of the colonies this act occurred after the repeal of the samp act. The response to this act was that they wouldn't look face in the colonies
  • Stamp Act

    The cause of the stamp act was to raise revenues for a standing British army in America The stamp act had put a tax of stamps that were needed on documents. The response to the stamp act was colonists didn't comply with the act and the new york assembly didn't comply either.
  • Quebec Act

    Case what act did and response
    created to start a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government act had freedom of worship to Catholics the first constitutional congress established. The response to the Quebec act was that the colonists had started to plot resistance to British laws.