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The first internal tax levied directly on American colonies by the British parliament as well as a plan tax colonists to generate revenue for Great Britain.
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The proclamation was held to partly help the British control the new lands, but was also acknowledging the rights of the indians.
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The sugar act was passed to raise revenue from the colonies leading them in a sugar crisis and resistance to British taxation.
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The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. This caused increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies.
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The Quartering act is an act put in place by the British parliament that only allows British soldiers to live in the colonist’s home.
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The Declaratory Act of 1766 Granted Great Britain's parliament the authority to tax the American colonies
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A series of laws passed by the Britain government on the American colonies in 1767. They placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists.
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A deadly riot between the British troops and a crowd in Boston. Several colonists were killed which led a campaign by speech writers.
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A protest by the American Colonies against the British government over “taxation without representation” led to the British dumping 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
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An act for the impartial administration of justice in the case of persons questioned for any acts done by them in the execution of the law.
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Applied to all of the british americans and provided private homes for troops
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Guaranteed to restore French property rights and freedom of worship. Also helped provoke an invasion of Quebec by the armies of the revolting colonies in the winter of 1775
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