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Navigation Acts
Cause: Tighten control over trade between England and colonies
What Act Did: Imposed restriction on colonial trade
Response: Colonists start smuggling -
Sugar Act
Cause: 7 year war
What Act Did: Tax on sugar and molasses
Response: Boycotted British Luxury, increased colonial manufacturing -
Stamp Act
Cause: 7 year war
What Act Did: Required colonists to pay tax on paper
Response: Colonists boycotted British goods, Sons of Liberty -
Declaratory Act
Cause: Stamp Act
What Act Did: Stated British taxing authority was the same in Great Britain and Colonies
Response: made on the same day parliament repealed Stamp Act -
Quartering Act
Cause: Boston Tea Party
What Act Did: Colonists required to give everything to British soldiers if needed
Response: New York refused to pay fund -
Townshend Acts
Cause: Collect revenue from colonists by putting taxes on glass, lead, paper, paints, and tea
What Act Did: stated British taxing authority was the same in Great Britain and Colonies
Response: Colonists got angry because of principle not $ -
Tea Act
Cause: Save East India Company from bankruptcy
What Act Did: Tea shipped to colonies from East India Company, tea was cheaper but tax was higher
Response: Boycott British tea, Boston Tea Party -
Coercive Acts
Cause: Boston Tea Party
What Act Did: Port Act, MA Govt Act, Admin Justice, Expanding Quartering Act
Response: First Continental Congress -
Quebec Act
Cause: Institute permanent administration in Canada
What Act Did: Replaced temporary govt with permanent
Response: First Continental Congress