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First Legislature
The colonists elected representatives for their legislature. It was in Virginia. -
Britain won a costly war
The cost ledt Britain in debt. Parliament then thought of the colonies as a good source of money. -
Proclamation of 1763
This law banned settlement in certain lands. The purpose was to reduce some of the tension between the Native Americans and the colonists -
Sugar Act
This law stopped the smuggling of goods into the colonies. This gave the British navy the right to search their ships -
Stamp Act
This law made a tax on every paper good. Like stamps, cards, paper, important documents, etc. -
Quartering Act
Soldiers now had the right to live in the colonist's homes, and be cared by them -
Declaratory Act
The Parliament now had the right to pass laws for the colonists in "all cases whatsoever" -
Tea Act
The tea act monopolized all other tea industries by making it possible to only buy tea from The East India Company -
Declaration Of Independence
The colonists felt it was necesarry to seperate from Britain. They formed a document called The Declaration Of Independence
