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Proclamation of 1763
Purpose: To prevent the Colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountain
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Sugar Act
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Stamp Act
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Quartering Act
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Declaratory Act
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Townshend Act
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Boston Massacre
What It Was: The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonials after snowballs were thrown at British soldiers because of the heavy tax burden imposed by the townshend acts.
Colonial Response: The Boston Massacre showed the mercilessness of the British and helped unite the colonists against Britain. -
The Boston Tea Party
What It Was: It was a protest that was lead by the massachusetts colonist towards the Parliament Tea Act of 1773.
Colonial Response: A group of massachusetts colonists who were disguised as indians boarded three tea ships to which they spilled 342 chests of tea into the harbor as a sign of rebellion.
Parliament Response: In response they enacted the intolerable acts in 1774 which closed Boston to merchant shipping and established military rule in Massachusetts. -
The Tea Act
What It was: It was a act that was passed to lower the tea tax the East India Company paid to the government therefore bailing out the East India Company of any cost because they were essential to the British economy.
Colonial Response: The colonist were angry because the Act would give the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies. Buying the tea would mean that the colonist would accepted paying the British import tax and they wouldn't allow that. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts were a series of laws passed by Parliament. Four of the laws were a direct result of the Boston Tea Party. The purpose of the Acts was to put the colonies in line and punish the colonists. -
Boston Port Act
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Massachusetts Government Act
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Administration of Justice Act
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Quartering Act
