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Sugar Act
Parliament passed the first law to raise colonial money for the crown. It was to end the smuggling trade in molasses and sugar from the French and Dutch West Indies. -
Stamp Act
This act taxed newspapers, dice, playing cards, and more. This was the parliments first direct tax on the colonists. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act made colonists even madder. The act provided barracks and supplies to British troops. -
Declaratory Act
British Parliament made a declaration that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It was that British Parliament's taxing authority is the same in America as in great Britain. -
Townshend Acts
This helped pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies. It put a tax on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Massachusetts Circular Letter
Massachusetts Circular Letter was written by Samuel Adams and James Otis Jr. and passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives in response to the Townshend Acts. -
Virginia’s Resolutions
The Virginia House of Burgesses passed resolutions condemning Britain's actions against Massachusetts. -
Boston Massacre
There was a patriot mob in which the British soldiers shot several people and killed a boy. -
An End to Nonimportation
This was when the colonists relaxed their boycott of British imported goods. -
Conflict between Citizens and British Troops in New York
This was when a riot happened between citizens and soldiers. Many people got hurt.