THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR CAUSES EFFECTS SUMMARY
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In 1774, Parliament punished the people of Massachusetts for their actions in the Boston Tea Party. Parliament passed laws, known as the Intolerable Acts, which restricted colonists’ rights. The laws made restrictions on town meetings, and stated that enforcing officials who killed colonists in the line of duty would be sent to Britain for trial
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Measure required that certain colonies provide food and quarters to the British troops.
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Parliament passed this law to regulate the mercantilist system. 1650 enacted to prevent Dutch shippers from making their way into the American trade. The law required that all commerce flowing to and from teh colonies could be transported only in Bristish vessels.
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Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed this act which reaffirmed Parliament’s right to “bind” the colonies. Line in sand drawn.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Declaratory Act, (1766), declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765).
Detailed explanation-2: -Parliament repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save face.
Detailed explanation-3: -On March 18, 1766, George III approved Parliament’s repeal of the Stamp Act and its passage of the Declaratory Act.
Detailed explanation-4: -This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North Americ after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act.
Detailed explanation-5: -On March 18, 1766, exactly 250 years ago, after four months of widespread protest in America, the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, a taxation measure enacted to raise revenues for a standing British army in America.