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Navigation Acts
Purpose- Colonists could only buy and ship with the british
Outcome- Colonists would smuggle, not wanting to pay the high taxes to ship goods and recieve low amounts of money for goods. -
Proclamation of 1763
purpose- colonist border was the appalachian mts. and couldn't move westward.
outcome- colonists who already bought land west of the appalchian mts. were mad -
Sugar Act
Purpose- parliment lowered taxes hoping that people would pay them instead of smuggling.
Outcome- Colonists felt biolated because of writs of assistance and were being put into admiralty courts -
Stamp Act
Purpose- parliment put stamps on almost all printed materials including newspaper, cards, wills, ect.
Outcome- colonists were mad, because they were being taxed without their consent -
Declaratoy Act
purpose- parmilment had the right to tax and make decisions for the british colonies.
outcome- they didnt want to pay or follow parmilents decisions -
Townshend Acts
purpose- parliment would tax imported goods such as glass, paper, rea, ect.
Outcome- colonists boycotted becaause they didnt want to pay taxes to parliment. only to their own representatives. -
Tea Acts
allowed the company a virtual monopoly, or sole contorl, of the trade for tea in america
outcome- this act started the boston tea party -
Coercive Acts
purpose- closed boston harbor until the massachusetts colonist paid for the ruined tea
outcome- colonists said that that violated their rights as english citizens -
Quebec Act
purpose- gave quebec the area west f the appalachians and north of the ohi river
outcome- colonists were mad that parliment ingnored their claims to the area.