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Treaty of Paris
The sugar act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon, The act also listed more foreign goods to be taxed including sugar,certain wines,coffee,pimiento,cambric and printed calico,and further,regulated the export of lumber and iron. The enforced tax on molasses caused the almost immediate decline in the rum industries in the colonies -
Sugar Act
The sugar act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon, The act also listed more foreign goods to be taxed including sugar,certain wines,coffee,pimiento,cambric and printed calico,and further,regulated the export of lumber and iron. The enforced tax on molasses caused the almost immediate decline in the rum industries in the colonies -
stamp act
The stamp act was a tax imposed by the British Government on the American colonies in March 22, 1765 British taxpayers already paid a stamp tax and massachusetts briefly experimented with a similar law,but the stamp tax imposed on colonial residents went further than the existing ones. The primary goal was to raise money needed for military defenses of the colonies. -
Quartering Act
On may 3 1765 British parliament passed the quartering act.The quartering act made provisions for British troops to be given food and shelter at the expense of the American colonist. This was one of the series of intolerable acts passed as a reprisal to the Boston tea party. This act is directly linked to the american revolution. -
Townshed Act
Townshend acts- the townshend acts were a series of laws passed by the British government on the American coloniesThey placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonist. The british wanted to get the colonies to pay for themselves. The townshend acts were specifically to pay for the salaries of officials such as governors and judges. -
Boston Massacre
When British soldiers shot at the public and they killed innocent people that were stuck in between. No one knows who shot the first bullet. Paul revere painted a famous picture of the horrible event. A lot of people have different conspiracies, but overall no one knows -
Tea Act
the tea act passed by parliament on May 10,1773,granted the British east India company tea a monopoly on tea sales in the american colonies. This was what ultimately compelled a group of SONS OF LIBERTY members on the night of December 16 1773 to disguise themselves as Mohawk Indians,boarded three ships moored in Boston Harbor and destroyed over 92,000 pounds of tea. The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest led by the english colonists, where they dressed up as native americans and went to the merchant ships and threw all the tea off the boat It took nearly three hours for more than 100 colonists to empty the tea into Boston Harbor. The chests held more than 90,000 lbs. (45 tons) of tea, which would cost nearly $1,000,000 dollars today. -
coercive act/intolerable act
These acts were named the ¨ Intolerable Acts¨ By the american Patriots and the ¨coercive Acts¨ by the british people. Basically, it was four acts made by the british parliament. The cuase of this was becuase the british people didnt like the destruction caused by the american patriots, such as the boston tea party -
Declaration Of independence
the declartion that the delgates signed to tell great britain that they were going to be free
