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Justin Bradley

Justin Bradley. SS 6 th. Navigation acts. Date:1650-1700s What it did: Controlled trade, The sugar act, Special courts, currency act, Resentment/Stifling of colonial manufacturing. Colonial response: Most resented it and many ignored it. . Proclamation of 1763. Date:1763

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Justin Bradley

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  1. Justin Bradley SS 6th

  2. Navigation acts • Date:1650-1700s • What it did: Controlled trade, The sugar act, Special courts, currency act, Resentment/Stifling of colonial manufacturing. • Colonial response: Most resented it and many ignored it.

  3. Proclamation of 1763 • Date:1763 • What it did: After the French and Indian war. Issued by King George the 3rd , recognized the Indians rights to the land and could not settle west of the Appalachian mountains. • Colonial response: They were not happy.

  4. Stamp Act • Date: 1765 • What it did: Taxed everything printed on paper so colonists had to buy stamps for paper products. • Colonial response: The colonists ignored the stamp act and boycotted all British goods until the Parliament agreed to let the colonies have representation in the Parliament.

  5. Sons of liberty • Date: 1765 • What it did: A secret society that stated that only the colonial governments should tax. • Colonial response:

  6. Declaratory Act • Date: 1766 • What it did: Stated that parliament had full authority over legislation in the colonies. • Colonial response: Ignored in celebration over repeal of the Stamp Act.

  7. Quartering act • Date: 1765 • What it did: The colonists were forced to quarter, or house and feed British soldiers. • Colonial response: The colonists resented this. New Yorkers were especially angry because most of the troops were stationed there.

  8. Townshend acts • Date: 1767 • What it did: Made colonists pay taxes on imported tea, glass, paper and other items to pay for military cost. • Colonial response: The colonists again boycotted goods imported from England. English imports were cut in half during the boycott.

  9. Boston Massacre • Date: 1770 • What it did: British Soldiers arrive to enforce the Townshend Act. Colonists gather and begin to throw snowballs, ice, and rocks at the British soldiers. In the heat of the moment a soldier hears the word ‘Fire” and the Redcoats shoot into the crowd killing 5 people.

  10. Tea Act • Date: 1773 • What it did: The East India Tea Company would have a monopoly for tea trade in the colonies. (They would be the only company allowed to sell tea to the colonies.) • Colonial response: Colonists fear that England may grant monopolies on other products.

  11. Coercive Acts • Date: 1774 • What it did: Four of the acts were issued in direct response to the Boston Tea Party. The other act enlarged the boundaries of what was then the colony of "Canada“. • Colonial response:

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