The Acts Upon Colonies (oct 1, 1651 – oct 1, 1651)
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Navigation Acts (1651)- Restricted the trade rights of the colonies
Molasses Act (1733)- Taxed imported molasses
Currency Act (1751)- Prevented New England colonies from issuing new bills (money)
Sugar Act (1764)- Taxed sugars
Stamp Act (1765)- Taxed all public documents
Quartering Act (1765)- Required colonists to feed, clothe, and house British soldiers
Declaratory Act (1766)- Stated Parliament had power to pass laws
Townshend Acts (1767)- Import taxes on 72 items (paint, tea, glass, paper, etc)
Tea Act (1773)- Gave the East India Company exclusive license to import and sell tea in the colonies
Coercive (Intolerable) Acts (1774)- Contained Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, and Quebec Act
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