events and acts apush

Navigation Acts (1651+): Enforced mercantilism, taxing colonial trade to benefit Britain.

Sugar Act (1764): First revenue-raising tax on colonies, sparking "taxation without representation".

Stamp Act (1765): Direct tax on paper goods, leading to widespread protests (Stamp Act Congress).

Townshend Acts (1767): Taxed imported goods, leading to boycotts.

Tea Act (1773): Monopolized tea sales, triggering the Boston Tea Party.

Intolerable Acts (1774): Punished Massachusetts for Tea Party, unifying colonies.

Early Republic & Expansion

Embargo Act (1807): Jefferson's failed attempt to use economic pressure to respect U.S. neutrality.

Monroe Doctrine (1823): Declared Western Hemisphere closed to new European colonization (a policy, not a law, but crucial).

Indian Removal Act (1830): Led to the forced relocation of Native Americans (Trail of Tears).

Compromise of 1850/Fugitive Slave Act: California free state, but stricter slave recapture laws.

Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854): Allowed popular sovereignty to decide slavery, effectively repealing Missouri Compromise.

Civil War & Reconstruction

Homestead Act (1862): Encouraged westward expansion with cheap land.

Civil Rights Act of 1866 & 14th Amendment: Granted citizenship/equal protection to all persons born in U.S..

Reconstruction Acts (1867): Divided South into military districts, setting terms for readmission.

Gilded Age & Progressive Era

Dawes Act (1887): Broke up tribal lands, forcing assimilation.

Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890): First federal law to curb monopolies.

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906): Ensured safe food/medicine, major Progressive reform.

20th Century & Beyond

Federal Reserve Act (1913): Created central banking system.

Espionage & Sedition Acts (WWI): Restricted speech during wartime.

Immigration Acts (e.g., 1924 National Origins Act, 1965 Immigration Act): Severely restricted immigration or ended quotas.

Social Security Act (1935): Established old-age pensions, unemployment insurance (New Deal).

Wagner Act (1935): Protected workers' rights to union

After the townshed act was diminished from the bsoton masscure the 4 inorable acts were put in place to show briatinas authority

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Boston Port Act: Closed the port of Boston to all trade until the colonists paid for the destroyed tea, crippling the city's economy.

Massachusetts Government Act: Revoked the colony's charter, placed the government under direct British control, limited town meetings, and increased the governor's power.

Administration of Justice Act: Allowed British officials accused of crimes in the colonies to be tried in Britain or another colony, which colonists called the "Murder Act".

Quartering Act: Expanded the requirement for colonists to house and supply British troops in unoccupied buildings or private homes.