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proclamation
a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide -
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sugar act
was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great -
currency act
prohibited the printing and issuance of paper money by Colonial legislatures -
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quartering act
required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies -
stamp act
It taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. -
declaratory act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
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towshend
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
boston massacre
nine British soldiers shot several of a crowd of three or four hundred who were harassing them verbally and throwing various projectiles -
boston tea party
a direct response to British taxation policies in the North American colonies. The British response to the Boston Tea Party was to impose even more stringent policies on the Massachusetts colony. -
Quebec Act
established the procedures of governance for the Province of Quebec. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
quartering act
Allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislatures, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers.