The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.…
In April 1775, after news was received in London that colonies outside of New England had joined the Continental Association, a second restraining Act was passed…
Navigation Acts were a continuation of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England (after 1707, Great Britain) and its colonies. It…
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.…
The Olive Branch Petition was adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in a final attempt to avoid a full-blown war between the Thirteen Colonies…
The Wool Act of 1699 (also known as the Woolens Act)is an Act of the Parliament of England (11 Will. III c. 13) which attempted to…
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.…
The Prohibitory Act 1775 was passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in her American colonies, which…
The Hat Act is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 5 Geo II. c. 22) enacted in 1732 to control hat production by…