The British government used and manipulated every law, declaration and legal act meant for the colonies. ... Other legal acts like the Iron Act and Molasses Act followed. The Iron Act prohibited the making of any iron products in the colonies and the Molasses Act put a high tax on imported molasses. ... There were three of these in total, the Justice Act, the Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act. ... The Quartering Act gave the government permission to take over any colonists home if needed. ...

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The Staple Act was passed in order to make profit from American trade. ... Another such act which restricted trade was the Navigation Act which made it illegal for the colonists to trade with the rest of Europe without going the Britain first (Steps Leading 40). These acts, as well as the Wool and Molasses Acts, took control of trade in America so that England could make as much profit as possible from the imports and exports. ... The Townshend Act put duties on tea, paper, lead and glass. ... Another such act was the Tea Act, which essentially gave the near bankrupt British East India Com...

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In 1764, Britain passed a law known as the Currency Act, preventing the colonies to print and use their own money. These and several other laws including the Sugar Act which imposed a taxes on American commodities such as sugar, molasses, textiles, coffee and indigo, were passed to tighten the English reign on the colonies. ... The representatives sent a letter to England asking that the Stamp Act be repealed however, the British government denied it and instead, imposed more new taxes on the colonies such as the Townshend Act. ... The final result of the French and Indian War was the passage ...

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