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molassas act
placed tax in import of rum and molasses from any non-English area
colonist protested the tax -
proclimation of 1763
document to try to make peace with Indians, and forbid colonist to settle west.
thought they were being stripped of their rights to occupy land they had just fought for. -
sugar act
outlawed importation of foreign rum, put heavy tax on luxury items (wine, silk, coffee)
merchants, legislators, and town meetings protested the law -
Intolerable acts- quartering act
required colonist to provide royal troops with provisions and barracks.
colonist thought it was a burden -
stamp act
required all paper to bear revenue stamps
the colonist formed secret organizations to protest -
mutiny act
allowed Britain to house soldiers in inns, stables, personal houses
colonist were angry and felt it was an invasion of privacy -
declatory act
asserted to authority of parliament to make laws binding in the colonies
colonist won temporary respite -
townshed act
taxes were imposed on imported goods.
the colonist were less mad than with the stamp act, but they weren't happy. They made do with what they had -
Bosten Massacure
Colonist started an innocent snowball fight mistaken for a mob, ended in a blood bath of colonist -
Parliament's order
Ended all of parliament's Townshend taxes on all items except for tea. -
Committee of Correspondence
states the rights and grievances of the colonists. -
Bosten "Tea Party"
The East India company appealed to the British government, and was granted the right to tax all tea exported to the colonies.
Colonist were outraged -
Intolerable acts- closed port
Britain shut off port in Boston, threatening the economy
colonist retaliated by dumping tea over board -
Intolerable acts- Quebec Act
extended boundaries south of Ohio River- they did not have a jury in court/ did not have representative assembly. Threatened colonial expansion/ dominance of catholic church threatened Protestant sects that dominated every colony
colonist didn't like it because it interfered with future plans.