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Navigation Acts
Laws put into place that restricted using foreign ships for trading with Britain and its colonies -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III wanted peace with the Natives and the proclamation gave the land west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Natives for their hunting grounds -
Sugar Act
It was also known as the Ammerican Revenue Act. It was passed by the British Parliament because taxes from the Molasses Act were never effectively collected. -
Quartering Act
The act stated that troops could only be quartered in barracks or in public houses if there wasn't any more space. -
Stamp Act
The act exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp on newspapers and on legal and commercial documents. -
Townshend Acts
The act was related to the British colonies. The acts were named after Charles Townshend, whom proposed it. -
Boston Massacre
This was a street fight between a Patriot mob and British soldiers. Many colonists were killed. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty.
The Boston Tea Party is also known as the destruction of the tea. -
Intolerable Acts
These acts were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for defying to throw a large amount of tea into the Harbor. -
Lexington & Concord
These were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.