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1651, 1660 & 1663 Navigation Acts.
One reason they made the Navigation Acts is that it was supposed to encourage British shipping. -
Mutiny Act
Granted the King power to enforce martial law, in other words, to maintain a standing army, for one year at a time, and no longer. -
Wool Act
Prohibited American colonists from exporting wool and wool products. -
Hat Act
British wanted to ban the manufacture and export of hats throughout the colonies. -
Sugar Act
1764 Sugar Act- The ban on selling sugar throughout the colonies -
Stamp Act
Imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America. -
Declaratory Act- Declaratory Act
Parliament has the right to impose any taxes they want on the colonies. -
Townshed Acts
Took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. -
Tea Act
Prohibited agents who sold tea in the colonies. -
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
Was a package of five laws implemented by the British government; led to the Boston Tea Party protest.
