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Navigation Acts
Listed specific commodities that could be shipped only within the English empire. This act lead to a Anglo-Dutch war, it also lead to rebellion in the colonies. The Navigation Acts where voided in 1849. -
Proclamation of 1763
Issued by British Government calling for a halt to westward expansion beyond the Appalachians. The need for farmland many just ignored the proclamation. It was overshadowed in terms of British complains because of all the other laws. When we won our independence this Proclamation was void -
Sugar Act
Placed tariffs on sugar, wine, coffee, and other items imported by the colonies. The colonists had a few protests mostly the merchants because they had the highest tariff. The act was voided in 1766, and replaced by the revenue act. -
Stamp Act
Required that revenue stamps be affixed to all printed documents in the American colonies. This act made the saying "Taxation Without Representation" very popular because the colonist believed that the tax was unconstitutional. The British Government got rid of the Stamp Act but then they introduced the Declaratory act. Which said that Britain had a right to make any law they see fit -
Townshend Act
Four measures enacted to raise revenue to pay the salaries of British governors and other officials in the colonies; taxed a wide variety of imports, including glass, lead, paints, paper, silk, and tea. This had very much the same reception as the Stamp Act as they thought it wasn't ok and "Taxation Without Representation"
