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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts are put in place so the colonists have to trade their raw materials with England. The colonists liked this at first but then the colonies got bigger and they wanted to make their own goods so they start to smuggle items. -
Molasses Act
British law that taxed molasses, rum and sugar imported to the colonies. -
Fort Necessity
George Washington led a militia to drive out the French but they needed a fort so they quickly scrapped together Fort Necessity. George Washington and his militia lost this fight. -
French and Indian War
The French had George Washington sign a contract he couldn't understand saying that he killed the French general which would lead to the French and Indian war so the colonists tried to ask the Native Americans to be on their side but they said they would be neutral. So the colonists stuck into French forces doing all types of strategies to win. The British helped the colonists by winning the war in the water after outspending the French. -
Sugar Act
The British started lowing the prices of the molasses so it would be cheaper than the smugglers molasses trying to stop smuggling. -
Stamp Act
Britain added a tax on all paper including newspapers, playing cards, wills. -
Declaratory Acts March
A declaration binding all of the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
A crowd of colonists started throwing items at the royal guards and one got hit with a club leading him to fall and fire his gun by accident which lead to them all firing their weapons on a crowd of colonists. -
The Intolerable Acts
Laws passed to the colonies after the Boston Tea Party making them more restricted. -
Quartering Act
A law stating British soldiers have free rein to do whatever they want in colonists homes. -
Administration of Justice
A law trying to control the colonists in Massachusetts. -
Quebec Act
British governing the province of Quebec -
Townshend Acts
British taxing the colonists glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea