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Navigation Acts
Where English Parliament made a law where all colonist raw materials were to be sold, and other finished goods from Europe, needed to be shipped on English ships. -
molasses act
a British law that imposed a ta on molasses, sugar,and rum imported from non-British foreign colonies into the north American colonies -
fort necessity
it was an out post for the battle -
franch and indian war
pit decided to send more trained British troops to fight in north America -
the sugar act
to tax on things to encourage more people to buy -
the stamp act
the stamp act was where everything was taxed like glass, paper, led, paint -
declamatory acts
stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever." -
Townshend act
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
Boston massacre
On March 5, 1770, seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony. -
First Continental Congress
with delegates from each of the 13 colonies except Georgia. -
General Gage takes over Boston
Upon his return in 1774 -
Intolerable
a series of four laws passed by the British parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts bay for the Boston tea arty -
Quartering Act
allowed British troops to be housed in private homes and facilities -
Administration of Justice
ensuring a fair trial for British officials who were charged with capital offenses while upholding the law or quelling protests in Massachusetts Bay Colony -
Quebec Act
established the procedures of governance for the Province of Quebec -
Paul Revere's Ride
Revere, Dawes, and Prescott were detained by a British Army patrol in Lincoln at a roadblock on the way to Concord. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
marked the start of the American War of Independence