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Navigation acts
The Navigation Acts were laws that the colonists were forced to follow for example all traded goods had to go to England first and they had to be taxed and all traded goods had to be carried on ships built in England or the colonies also all the crew on the ship had to be English -
molasses act
a british law passed in 1733 that taxed molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the north American colonies from non-british countries -
Fort Necessity
After the French built Fort Duquesne George Washington set up a fort nearby called Fort Necessity this fort came under attack by the French and the native American allies -
French and Indian war
the french and indian war was a war between the British and the french to get the ohio river valley they would build tents to claim the land and then the war ended in feb of 1763 when the french and their native American allies and captured British forts -
sugar act
The Sugar Act would lower the price so more people would buy and people would stop smuggling -
Stamp acts
The Stamp Act was a tax put on printed materials -
Declaratory Acts
The Declaratory Act as an act that stated that parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies in all cases -
Townshend Acts
the Townshend Act was a tax on imported goods it was an external act on things like glass, lead, paper, tea, and paint. -
Boston Massacre
March 5th, 1770 a fight occurred between Bostonians and British soldiers
The mob of Bostonians was fired on
When the smoke cleared 5 lay dead and 3 were injured
Among the dead was Crispus Attucks
Part native american part African
As well as an 11-year-old boy named Christopher Seider
This is known as the Boston massacre -
intolerable act
Coercive Acts, 1774, is also known as the ‘intolerable acts’. intolerable means painful and unbearable
these are a set of 4 laws that the parliament made
Administration of justice
Massachusetts government act
Boston Port bill
The Quartering Act -
Quartering Act
permitted the requisition of unoccupied buildings at first, to house British troops -
Administration of Justice
British officials charged with a capital offense had to be tried in another colony or England -
Quebec Act
June 1774: a government for Canada was created and extended its territory all the way south to the Ohio River