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Sugar act

1764, Tax on alcohol - rum from molasses, raise revenue for the British government to help cover costs from French and Indian war

Stamp act

1765, Taxed colonists, required stamp on all documents, raise money for Britain after French and Indian war

Declaratory act

1766, Stamp act repealed, British Parliament had power to make laws that binded American colonies

Townshend revenue act

1767, British parliamentary acts, imposed duty on goods imported into American colonies (such as glass, paint, and tea) help pay for the administration of colonies.

Tax act

1773, law, bailed out financially struggling East Indian Companies (EIC), granted it monopoly on tea trade in the American colonies

Coercive or intolerable acts

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Quartering act

1774, required American colonies to house, supply, and provide food for the British troops in the American colonies.

Boston port bill

1774, closed Boston harbor to all commerce, needed payment from colonists, lost tea at Boston Tea Party.

Massachusetts government act

1774, punished Massachusetts for Boston Tea Party (BTP), restricted self - governence, increase royal control, nullified edony’s charter.

Administration of Justice Act

1774, allowed royal governor's to move trails of British officials and soldiers accused of capital crimes in the American colonies

Quebec act 

1774, expanded territory of the province of Quebec, resonated French law, allowed Catholics to hold public office, secure loyalty of French Canadians.