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Navigation Acts
English laws that were used to regulate ships and trading within its own colonies and other countries. -
End of Salutary Neglect
Salutary Neglect allowed things to happen without the English having a say. The ending of it means the laws will be more strongly enforced now. -
Proclamation of 1763
A boundary that the British made to prohibit settlers from crossing west to avoid conflict between settlers and Native Americans -
Sugar Act
Used to try and end the smuggling of sugar and molasses from the French. -
Sons of Liberty
A secret Patriot paramilitary political organization to underline British rule and made the Boston Tea Party happen -
Stamp Act
Britain started adding taxes to paper products to raise more money. -
Townshend Acts
Put taxes on glass, leaf, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot into a crowd of civilians killing some because they were harassing them. -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest against the British tax on tea. They dumped tea into the harbor. The British responded harshly and fights broke out. -
intolerable Acts
A series of laws passed by the British parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party