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navigation act
a law that the British made that makes it so the colonists have to sell them their materials -
the molasses act
a tax placed on molasses by the British covernment so they can make more money -
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
a fort built by george washington and his men while he was trying to fight the French in ohio river -
French and Indian war
a war between Britain and the French that lasted from 1756 to 1763 -
the stamp act
a tax put on any printed goods by the British covernment so they can make more money -
declaratory act
an act stating that parliamant could make laws and taxes in america -
Townshend act
a tax put on goods from Britain like paint, led, tea, and glass -
Boston massacre
5 people were killed after attacking a soldier who then discharged his gun and the other soldiers fire -
the intolerable/coersive act
a law put on by the British government in retaliation to the Boston tea party -
quartering act
a law that makes it so that British soldiers can take someones house and live there -
administration of justice
British officials had to be tried in Britain or other English colonies -
Quebec act
a government built by the English government so that they have more power and so no one could flee there