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Navigation Act
Cause: To control trade in colonies for more money in Britain
What act did: required all American goods to be exported with English ships
Response: Smuggled stuff in and out of America -
Sugar Act
Cause: Previous war, Britain needed money
What act did: Tax on sugar and molasses
Response: Boycotted British luxury -
Tea Act
Cause: To improve and boost the East India company
What act did: Tax on tea but said to cost less
Response: Boston Tea Party -
Stamp Act
Cause: Britain needed money from war
What act did: Taxed printed things, paper, playing cards, and other things
Response: Colonies boycotted paper and other good used with stamps -
Quartering Act
Cause: British soldier stationed in America
What act did: Allowed British soldier to move into colonial houses without permission and made colonial people pay for everything
Response: Colonies didn't pay or found ways to not allow soldiers into homes -
Townshend Acts
Cause: Britain wanted colonies to pay for officials
What act did: made taxes on glass, paint, oil, and lead
Response: Crowds mobbed office, and forced British officials to retire -
Coercive Acts
Cause: Boston Tea Party
What act did:
Port act - Closed Boston port, ships prevented from docking
Administration of Justice act - Stated a fair trial for British officials with capital offenses
Massachusetts Gov. act - took the power of the Massachusetts charter, and gave it to a royal governor
Quartering act extension - Allow British soldier into colonial homes
Response from Colonies: Convening of 1st continental congress -
Quebec Act
Cause: To institute a permanent administration in Canada
What act did: Gave French Canadian complete religious freedom replaced temporary governments
Response: First continental congress -
Declaratory Act
Cause: The taking away of the stamp act, to have more power over colonies
What act did: British parliament had the same taxing authority in America as Britain did
Response: Colonists smuggled stuff in