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The British government had to take 150 million pounds and the interest ate up half of the National budget, and cause taxes to raise
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Cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 cents per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. This act imposed new taxes, the colonist saw this as a violation of their rights because they saw it as an attack of their freedom. -
Declared that all printed material had to include a stamp and the stamps weren’t free, This made it hard for news printer people because they had to have a stamps on every newspaper, and they had to pay for the stamps. There was soon a boycott from all British good, which was also the first major coordinated act. -
Passed by Parliament on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed, stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies. -
The Townshend Acts were a series of measures passed by the British Parliament in 1767 that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. The colonists saw this as an attempt by the British government to raise revenue in the colonies. -
Lowered the cost of tea but, the colonist dressed up as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston harbor. The colonists didn’t like this act because it would give the East Indian company monopoly on the tea sales in the colonies. -
A series of laws that were passed by the British parliament in 1774 to the Boston tea party which involved closure of the Boston port, the colonists did not appreciate this because their rights were being violated. -
A law that was passed by the British parliament it extended the boundaries of Quebec and granted religious freedom which is why the colonists did not like this act -
American Patriot forces under George Washington's command defeated the British, establishing and securing the independence of the United States. No one in the British government represented the colonists needs in the war.
(1775-1783)