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The Acts .

By the group of: Tyler Dawson, Marquese Hayes, Chris Reid, Connor Nichols. The Acts . An act of the British parliament that created a monopoly unfair to American tea merchants ;The chief cause of the Boston tea party. Passed by parliament on May 10, 1773. Tea act .

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The Acts .

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  1. By the group of: Tyler Dawson, Marquese Hayes, Chris Reid, Connor Nichols. The Acts.

  2. An act of the British parliament that created a monopoly unfair to American tea merchants ;The chief cause of the Boston tea party. Passed by parliament on May 10, 1773 Tea act

  3. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.  STAMP ACT

  4. On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. This was one of the acts to start the freedom of America. The sugar act

  5. The intolerable acts were basically punishments put on the colonies as a result of dumping tea into the harbor in a revolt against the tea act. The intolerable acts include: The Boston Port Bill The Quartering Act The Administration of Justice Act Massachusetts Government Act The Quebec Act. The Intolerable acts.

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