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Sugar Act
The sugar act was known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act. It made smuggling more dangerous. It helped the growing movement that because the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
People who payed the tax recieve an official stamp on their documents. The stamp acthas been inforced in Canada, Ireland, Australia ect. Theact required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on Stamped paper produced in London. -
Townshend Act
The act where tax was put on Tea, glass, paint, oil and lead. The result was the resurrection of colonies hostilities created by the stamp act. Troops from England and Nova Scotia marched into occupy Boston in October 1, 1768. -
Tea Act
It recieved the royal assent on May 10, 1773. Tax on tea and only tea by british indian company. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American Colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
Officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of tazed loads. The incident remains an iconic event of american histroty. A group of colonists boarded the ships and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. -
Boston Port Bill
It was a major source of supplies for citizens of mass. Sympathetic colonies as far as South Carolina sent releif supplies to the settlers of Massachusets. That was the first step in teh unification of the thirteen colonies. -
Quebec Act
The province's territory was expanded. It guarenteed free practice of the Catholic faith. THe oath of alligence was replaced with one that no longer made refrence to the Protestant Faith.
