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It followed the French and Indian War. It helped organize North America's new Nothern Empire.
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The Sugar Act was a revenue rasing act it placed a tax on sugar, wine, and other important things.
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This act regulated the paper money issued by the colonies.
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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
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The Declatory Act stated that Parliament had the same power over the colonies that it did over Britain. This allowed Parliament to pass laws that were binding over the colonist.
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An amendment to the previous acts were passed stating that if soldiers were not given suitable quarters to stay in then the governor would have the authorty to house soldiers in other buildings,such as: barns, inns, among other unoccupied structures.
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The Quebec Act was seen by the colonists as a new model for British colonial administration. Colonist feared it would strip them of their elected assemblies, and promote the Roman Catholic faith in preference to widely-held Protestant beliefs.
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Where: Charleston Massachusetts
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Where: Long Island, NY
Result: British Victory -
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Where:Princeton, New Jersey
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Chadds Ford Township,
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Where: Saratoga, NY
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First battle: Pyrrhic British victory
Second battle: Decisive American victory
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Where: Monmouth Court House, New Jersey
Results:Draw; long-term American victory -
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Where: Present day Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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