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Notably, new taxes and rules marked a shift away from "mercantilism," which was designed to trade relations between the Britain and the colonies would benefit Britain. Instead, these new taxes were intended to maximize revenue, which meant many of them were actually lower than before (under the theory that lower taxes would result in greater compliance and less smuggling and corruption). | Notably, new taxes and rules marked a shift away from "mercantilism," which was designed to trade relations between the Britain and the colonies would benefit Britain. Instead, these new taxes were intended to maximize revenue, which meant many of them were actually lower than before (under the theory that lower taxes would result in greater compliance and less smuggling and corruption). | ||
Below are these acts, alphabetically. Students should memorize their chronology in order to build a strong sense of causality between them and the larger context of the American Revolution as it turned into the Revolutionary War. | Below are these acts, alphabetically. Students should memorize their dates and chronology (thus the definition list does not immediately show dates) in order to build a strong sense of causality between them and the larger context of the American Revolution as it turned into the Revolutionary War. | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Coercive Acts|1774; called "Intolerable Acts" by the colonists; in response to the Boston Tea Party, George III demanded "compulsion" and submission of the colonies to British imperial authority; the Coercive Acts consisted of 4 "punitive" laws: 1) a new Quartering Act; 2) the Justice Act, which authorized capital crimes (that could result in death sentence, such as murder, treason, espionage) to be tried outside of the colonies; 3) Boston Port Act, which closed the harbor until restitution (repayment) was made for the tea lost at the Tea Party; 4) Massachusetts Government Act, which annulled its colonial charter and turned it into a "crown colony," directly ruled by the King}}</ul> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Coercive Acts|1774; called "Intolerable Acts" by the colonists; in response to the Boston Tea Party, George III demanded "compulsion" and submission of the colonies to British imperial authority; the Coercive Acts consisted of 4 "punitive" laws: 1) a new Quartering Act; 2) the Justice Act, which authorized capital crimes (that could result in death sentence, such as murder, treason, espionage) to be tried outside of the colonies; 3) Boston Port Act, which closed the harbor until restitution (repayment) was made for the tea lost at the Tea Party; 4) Massachusetts Government Act, which annulled its colonial charter and turned it into a "crown colony," directly ruled by the King}}</ul> | ||