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"The Stamp Act and the Quartering Act - American Revolution." University of San Francisco

(USF) . Web. 28 Apr. 2012. . A source that provides information on both the

Stamp Act, an act that was passed after the Townshend Acts, and the Quartering Act, an

act that was passed before the Townshend Acts, this source provides descriptions of each

and basic overviews.

"The Stamp Act." Ushistory.org . Independence Hall Association, 4 July 1995. Web. 28 Apr.2012. . Explanations about

what the Stamp Act was were provided in this source. A helpful thing about this source

was that it provides the entire document of the Stamp Act, including all fifty-four rules

that it entails. It also provides interesting pieces of information.

"The Sugar Act." Ushistory.org . Independence Hall Association, 4 July 1995. Web. 28 Apr.

2012. . Explanations of what

the Sugar Act was were provided in this source. The Sugar Act is related to the

Townshend Acts because the Sugar Act was in the aftermath of the Townshend Acts. The

British government needed more money still, even after taxing the American colonists

with the Townshend Acts.

"The Townshend Acts." United States American History . Web. 28 Apr. 2012. . A source about the Townshend Acts, this website

explains the three acts of which the Townshend Acts were made up of - the New York

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Restraining Act, the Customs Service Reorganization, and the Townshend Duty Act. It

helped me to comprehend what the Townshend Acts really were.

Patrick, John J.. Rights and Revolution in America . Oxford University Press, 2003. eLibrary .

Web. 06 May. 2012.

A book about the journey that Americans took to become an independent nation, Rights

and Revolution in America is helpful to me because it is a book source, which means it is

written by a person who has very little reason to distort.

Grahame, James. "American Colonies Oppose The Stamp Act: By James Grahame." History of the World . Bureau of Electronic Publishing, 1992. n.pag. eLibrary . Web. 06 May. 2012.

A sc holarly article by James Grahame, American Colonies Oppose the Stamp Act is

helpful to me because it helps me understand why the colonists got so angry that the

Stamp Act was being imposed on them. Also, it is written by a reliable source that has

very little reason to distort.

Sugar Act and Stamp Act: Detailed Overview . eLibrary . Web. 06 May. 2012.

The degree of detail on this source is helpful to me because it helps me further understand

the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act. However, it is not a scholarly journal nor a book, so it

may be less reliable than some of my more helpful sources.

"The Quartering Act." Britannica Annals of American History, v 3.0 . 2009. eLibrary . Web. 06

May. 2012.

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Most of my sources had been regarding the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act, so I was

lacking in information about the Quartering Act. This article was helpful to me because it

focused specifically on that topic.