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Road to revolution

  • molasses act

    molasses act
    a British law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the North America from non-British countries
  • Declartory Act

    Declartory Act
    stated that parliament could make laws binding the American colonies in all cases whatsoever
  • Boston masscare

    Boston masscare
    Declaratory Act Parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for the British in all cases
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
  • Administration of Justice

    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

    Quebec Act
    Increased British control of religion, land distribution, and colonial government in North America granted by the Act
  • General Gage takes over Boston

    General Gage takes over Boston
    to pacify the restive province of Massachusetts Bay
  • Quartering act

    Quartering act
    A number of British soldiers deserted and stayed in the new United States after 1783