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road to revolutions

  • navigation act

    navigation act
    a law that the British made that makes it so the colonists have to sell them their materials
  • the molasses act

    the molasses act
    a tax placed on molasses by the British covernment so they can make more money
  • the sugar act

    the sugar act
    a tax put on sugar that lowered the cost of it, put there by the British covernment so they can make more money and stop smugglers
  • fort neccesity

    fort neccesity
    a fort built by george washington and his men while he was trying to fight the French in ohio river
  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war
    a war between Britain and the French that lasted from 1756 to 1763
  • the stamp act

    the stamp act
    a tax put on any printed goods by the British covernment so they can make more money
  • declaratory act

    declaratory act
    an act stating that parliamant could make laws and taxes in america
  • Townshend act

    Townshend act
    a tax put on goods from Britain like paint, led, tea, and glass
  • Boston massacre

    Boston massacre
    5 people were killed after attacking a soldier who then discharged his gun and the other soldiers fire
  • the intolerable/coersive act

    the intolerable/coersive act
    a law put on by the British government in retaliation to the Boston tea party
  • quartering act

    quartering act
    a law that makes it so that British soldiers can take someones house and live there
  • administration of justice

    administration of justice
    British officials had to be tried in Britain or other English colonies
  • Quebec act

    Quebec act
    a government built by the English government so that they have more power and so no one could flee there