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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was to help cover the cost of the war between Great Britain and France.In 1765 a tax was passed by Great Britain known as the stamp act. -
1st Quarting Act
Quartering Act was a law that Requiered that amaricans must house and feed british soldiers in the colonies.Alot of the amarican colonist were angry because they didnt have enough money to house them or feed them.Another reason why they where angry was because they felt like it was going against there privacey. -
Declaratory Act
Declaratory Act was a declaration by the British Parliament which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act . The government repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save face. The declaration stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to make binding laws on the American colonies. -
Townshend Act
import duties place on paper,glass,paint,and tea . -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars. It was the culmination of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since Royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts to enforce the heavy tax burden. -
Boston tea party
the boston tea party was direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea coming into the colonies -
Tea act
the tea act was direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea coming into the colonies
