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- Stamp act
- Your Newspapers sir they will be taxed
- But Mr. Englishmen they are mine and i sell them why are being taxed
- Declaratory act
- We are going to repeal the stamp act.
- But we are at liberty to tax you the same as wat we tax here in europe.
- Townshend act
- BUt it used to be .50$
- You want tea, well now its 1.50$.
- The English were taxing the colonies Commerical and legal documents that were being transmitted as shown in the cartoon.
- Quartering act
- Hey let us in its the law. The King says.
- The British Parliament declared that the American colonies are at liberty to be taxed as if they were part of Europe. They repealed the stamp act
- Intolerable act
- The port is closed son gonna have to wait until Britain says you can unload.
- The Townshend act was a new set of taxes that taxed lead paint and tea. It was a tax on everyday goods.
- The quartering act was a law that made it legal for British soldiers to lodge in your house. The soldiers in the cartoon are trying to get in
- After the Boston tea Party Britain instated 5 very strict laws. That involved closing ports and removing the mayor and replacing him with a British General.
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