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British Colonial Policy Change
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Sugar Act
British legislation wanted to end the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies so tax on sugar was reduced. -
Stamp Act
American colonists were now required to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Colonists were outraged because the tax was purely for British revenue. -
Quartering Act
Act that required the American Colonists to provide and pay for the British soldiers housing and food. -
Declaration Act
This act repealed the Stamp Act. This declared that England could pass any law they wanted and the Colonies could do nothing about it. -
Townshend Acts
A series of measures that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. Tax on paper, lead, glass, tea, and paint. Colonists boycotted. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists gather and taunt British soldiers. The soldiers fired on the colonists. 5 people died. Citizens used the incident to incite colonists against the British. -
Tea Act
England sends a surplus of cheap tea to the colonies, which technically made tea cheaper. Colonists did not like this and were sick of the new taxes. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists dumped 4 million dollars worth of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
This act was supposed to punish the Massachusetts colonies for their defiance in the Tea Party protest. Closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for. -
1st Continental Congress
12 of the 13 colonies gathered to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts. Decided to boycott and meet again a year later.