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- 1764 - Currency Act
- I would like to use this money I created
- We will not allow anyone to use any other currency
- 1765 - Stamp act
- No taxation without representation !
- I would like to send out this paper
- This is not fair!!!
- You must pay a tax first
- 1766 - Declaratory act
- This is madness!!
- We don't like this because this could lead to more Acts coming
- We will now be able to make laws and create whatever taxes we want
- Since the stamp act didn't work we will do this
- This Act was started because they did not want American colonies creating there own form of currency which angered many colonies therefor starting the Currency Act
- 1767 - Townshend Act
- I would like to send this to an American colony
- You must pay a tax since its going to an American colony
- This Act was started when the British needed to pay for the French and Indian War so they thought it would be fine to tax people for newspapers. legal papers, cards, etc..
- 1768 - Massachusetts Circular Letter
- Here's a letter I made
- This act was made after the stamp act was finished but his new act made it so that the British Parliament could show authority and make laws binding colonies and they could put taxes on things.
- 1770 - Boston Massacre
- This act put a tax on any goods getting imported to American colonies but American colonies did not like this and thought of it as an abuse of power.
- This event was when Samuel Adams wrote a letter that basically was disagreeing with the Townshend act and saying it was unconstitutional. This letter was also approved by the Massachusetts House Of Representatives
- The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot. At first it was a fight between American colonist and a lone British soldier but it turned into a deadly slaughter.
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