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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Quebec Act|1774; organized Province of Quebec, which included parts of the modern American Midwest; restored certain French civil law practices; removed requirement of Protestantism Oath of Allegiance and protected practice of Catholicism; colonial Americans objected vehemently to the protection of Catholicism, as well as to the extended territory of Quebec to include lands already claimed in the Ohio Valley; the Quebec Act so outraged protestant Americans that it became a significant catalyst (cause) for the outbreak of the Revolutionary War}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Quebec Act|1774; organized Province of Quebec, which included parts of the modern American Midwest; restored certain French civil law practices; removed requirement of Protestantism Oath of Allegiance and protected practice of Catholicism; colonial Americans objected vehemently to the protection of Catholicism, as well as to the extended territory of Quebec to include lands already claimed in the Ohio Valley; the Quebec Act so outraged protestant Americans that it became a significant catalyst (cause) for the outbreak of the Revolutionary War}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Stamp Act|1765; aimed to raise revenue (not mercantilist in nature), taxed any printed item, including contracts, titles, almanacs, playing carts, etc.; highest fees were on legal documents, so impacted the wealthy most; was efficient to collect; was enforced by the Vice Admiralty Court; overall goal of the Act was to assert parliamentary supremacy; outraged the colonists, esp. enforcement by the naval courts}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Stamp Act|1765; aimed to raise revenue (not mercantilist in nature), taxed any printed item, including contracts, titles, almanacs, playing carts, etc.; highest fees were on legal documents, so impacted the wealthy most; was efficient to collect; was enforced by the Vice Admiralty Court; overall goal of the Act was to assert parliamentary supremacy; outraged the colonists, esp. enforcement by the naval courts}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Revenue Act|1767; authored by Chancellor Townshend (see below) and | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Revenue Act|1767; authored by Chancellor Townshend (see below) and part of the series of laws called Townshend Acts, created various customs boards (to regulate imports) and Vice-admiralty courts in the colonies; the Acts consisted of five laws passed in 1767 that further restrained colonial autonomy and imposed direct British governance on the colonies}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Sugar Act|replaced the Molasses Act of 1733 and lowered duties on sugar with the goal of raising more revenue through a more reasonable tax rate; after its passage, Parliament authorized that its enforcement belong to the Vice-Admiralty courts}}</ul> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Sugar Act|replaced the Molasses Act of 1733 and lowered duties on sugar with the goal of raising more revenue through a more reasonable tax rate; after its passage, Parliament authorized that its enforcement belong to the Vice-Admiralty courts}}</ul> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Tea Act|1773}}</ul> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Tea Act|1773}}</ul> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Townshend | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Townshend Acts|1767, series of tax and regulatory laws named for the British chancellor in charge of finances, Charles Townshend; the principle Act, The Revenue Act of 1767, is known as the "Townshend Act"; it aimed to raise revenue through duties on colonial importation fo paper, pain, glass and tea; part of the revenue would pay for Royal colonial offices, such as governors, judges, etc. who had been previously funded by the colonies themselves; however, Townshend's purpose was not to assist the colonies but to make them more dependent on and obedient to British rule and overall less autonomous}}</ul></li> | ||
=== Revolutionary Era people === | === Revolutionary Era people === | ||