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Townshend Act

With the Townshend Act, new duties were placed on imports of glass, lead, paper, tea to the Colonies from Great Britain.
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Stamp Act of 1765

Created by the British government, this placed a tax on stamps that would be used on most paper goods including legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets...
This is a sketch of three soldiers operating a cannon.
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Currency Act of 1764

The Currency Act of 1764 prevented the American colonies from creating their own currency.
Sketched illustration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
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Sugar Act

The Sugar Act served as a revenue raising act, passed by Great Britain to tax sugar and other goods to pay for the Seven Years War.
This is a drawing of a blank, open journal and a quill.
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Boston Non-Importation Agreement

To protest the British crown's Townshend Act, which placed taxes on a variety of goods, Boston merchants and traders made an agreement not to import...
This is a text excerpt describing Cornwallis' surrender.
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The Association of the Virginia Convention

In defiance of Lord Dunmore, royal governor of Virginia, dissolving the House of Burgesses for showing sympathy to Boston after its port was blockaded...
A map showing British colonies in North America in 1755
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Declaratory Act

This act was passed to assert the authority of the British government to tax its subjects in North Americ after it repealed the much-hated Stamp Act...

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