British Acts Flashcards
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Sugar Act
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put an import tax on several product including coffee, indigo, wine, and even molasses
2
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Quartering Act
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required colonists to house British troops and provide them with food and other supplies like firewood and candles.
3
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Stamp Act
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required colonists to pay a tax on all paper products
4
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Townshend Act
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put an import tax on certain goods including glass, paint, tea, lead, and paper
5
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Tea Act
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tax intended to place a monoply on tea by buying it only from the East India Company. Lowered the price of tea.
6
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Intolerable Act
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closed Boston Harbor, placed government under British rule, quartering act
7
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Navigation Act
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trade rules that limited colonists trade. British would take over colonists ships
