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Period: to
1700's
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Yale
Yale College is founded in Connecticut -
Navigation Acts
restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies -
North and south caralina
the Carolina colony is officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina -
Iron Act
the Carolina colony is officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina -
The French and Indian War
known in Europe as the Seven Year's War, ends with the Treaty of Paris. Under the treaty, France gives England all French territory east of the Mississippi River, except New Orleans -
Sugar Act
It also increased the duty on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies. , The seven years war ran a huge debt for England who felt the colonists should help pay so the English parliament constructed this law -
Currency act
prohibits the colonists from issuing any legal tender paper money -
Stamp Act
The purpose of the tax was to help pay for troops stationed in North America -
Quartering Act
requires colonists to house British troops and supply them with food. -
Declaratory Act
The declaration stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies -
Townshend Revenue Acts
imposing a new series of taxes on the colonists to offset the costs of administering and protecting the American colonies -
Molasses Act
a British law of 1733 that imposed taxes on molasses, rum, and sugar imported into the American colonies -
Tea Act
A related objective was to undercut the price of tea smuggled into Britain's North American colonies -
Inclosure act
They removed previously existing rights of local people to carry out activities in these areas, such as cultivation, cutting hay, grazing animals or using other resources such as small timber, fish, and turf. -
Coercive Act
This legislation's purpose was to restore order in Massachusetts, following the Boston Tea Party and other acts of defiance -
quebec act
The province's territory was expanded to take over part of the Indian Reserve