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Sugar Act
passed legislation that taxed goods that were brought into the colony including sugar and several other items. -
Currency Act (1764)
Were an attempt by parliament to limit the colonies abilities to create their own currency -
Quartering Act
Act that required local to provide British soldiers with food and housing -
Townshend Act
was a series of laws passed that imposed taxes on a lot of everyday goods. -
Boston Massacre
an angry mob of colonists confront British soldiers and 5 colonists are killed. -
Tea Act
this act granted the British East Indian Trade Company a monopoly of the tea sales in the American colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party
was a political protest by the colonist that dumped large amounts of tea imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
these laws were passed as punishments after the Boston Tea Party -
Stamp Act
British law imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications.
