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Navigation Acts
Colonists were required to transport goods only on British ships. Certain goods such as sugar, tobacco, indigo, and furs could only go to England. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a British produced boundary marked in the Appalachian mountains. It didn’t let colonists live west of the line. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was an act passed by the British to gain revenue from the colonies. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was two or more acts of the British Parliament requiring local governments to provide British soldiers with housing and food. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was a direct tax on almost all printed materials. -
Townshend Act
Taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. Using legal documents called writs of assistance, the officers would be allowed to inspect a ship’s cargo without reason. -
Boston Massacre
Was a riot between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed. -
Tea Act
The British kept the tax on tea to show the colonists that they still had the right to tax them. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest. Americans dumped 342 chests of tea in the harbor. -
Intolerable act
This act closed Boston harbor until the colonists paid for all the tea they dumped, restricted colonial government, and allowed British commanders to house troops.