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Navigation Acts
Purpose-These acts were made to direct trade between England and the colonies. Colonial merchants who had goods to send to England couldn't Use foreign ships. Outcome- Colonists resented British Restrictions. MErchants wanted to make their own manufactured goods and sell where they could get higher prices. Merchants started smuggling the goods. -
Proclamation of 1763
Purpose-This set the Appalachian Mountains as the Temporary western Boundry for the colonies.This act Angered the ones who owned shares in land company. Outcome- Speculators ignored their land claims and more conflict would arise between Britain and the colonies. -
Sugar Act
Purpose- It lowered the tax on iMported molasses and let officers seize goods from smugglers without going to court. Outcome- This act angered colonists. They thought the actions violated their rights as English Citizens. Condridicted a British law stating " inocent till provin guilty. -
Stamp Act
Purpose- They placed a tax on almost all printed material, including wills, newspaper, and playing cards. All printed material had to have a stamp. Outcome- Colonists boycotted the act and Parliment repealed the act in March, 18, 1766. Then the passed the Declaratory act on the same day. -
Declaratory Act
Purpose- It stated that Parliment had the right to tax and make desicions for the British colonies " in all cases". Out come- U.S could do nothing against them because British said that they were "for the good of their own Empire". -
Townshend Act
Purpose- Applyed taxes only to imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper, with the tax being paid at port of entry. Outcome- Colonists organized another boycott. The Daughters of Liberty urged Americans to wear homemade fabrices, and produce other goods they needed rather than but British goods. -
Tea Act
Allowed the British East INdia Company a virtual monopoly, or sole control, of the trade for tea in America. Outcome- The Daughters of Liberty issued a pamphlet declaring that rather than part with our freedom "we'll part with our tea". -
Coercive Act
Purpose-These harsh laws were intended to punish the people of Massachusetts for their resistance to British law. Outcome-PArliment planned to isolate Boston with these laws but other colonies sent food and clothing to support Boston. -
Quebec Act
Purpose- To set up a government for Quebec and gave Quebec west of the Appalachian Mountains and North of the Ohio River Valley. Outcome- Colonists expressed their feelings in their name for new laws- The intolerable Acts.
