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british colonial policy changes
British unofficial policy of relaxed enforcement of trading laws which allowed the colonial economy to become very successful, came to an end; needed to collect more revenue to pay off war debt -
sugar act
reduced the taxes on sugar and molasses so they could stop the smuggling\ increased enforcement of tax collection, specifically cracking down on smuggling of sugar and molasses -
stamp act
all official documents, commercial writings, and various articles all had to be on stamped paper or have stamps; tax on all printed papers\ all of this money was not going back to England not making the colonies better\ colonist had no representation in England\ stamp act congress baned British gods until the stamp act was repealed\ eventually after a couple of years the act is repealed -
quartering act
parliament made American colonies house and pay for the British soldiers and give them anything they needed -
declaration act
declared that the British parliaments taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. It enforced the Stamp Act -
townshend act
tac on paper, lead, glass, tea, and paint\colonist boycotted again, claimed they were taxed without their consent -
Boston Massacre
rowdy colonists gather and taunt British soldierd\ after the altercation, the soldiers fired on colonits\ angered citizens used the incident in incite colonists against the British -
tea act
to reduce the amount of tea that British East India Company was allowed to keep\ England sends a surplus of cheap tea to the colonies which technically made tea cheaper\ colonists did not like England's attempt to control one of their most-used commodities and were sick of new taxes -
boston tea party
colonists organized by the Sons of Liberty snuck aboard a ship in Boston Harbor and dumped the modern equivalent of 4 million dollars with of tea into the harbor -
intolerable acts
four-measure enacted in retaliation for acts of colonial defiance. Established new administration for the land obtained from the French and Indian war\ closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for\ took away Massachusetts rights to self-govern -
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first continental congress
12 of the 13 colonies gathered to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts\ decided to boycott and meet again a year later