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Proclamation of 1763
The French had effectively hemmed in the British settlers and had, from the perspective of the settlers, played the "Indians" against them -
The Stamp Act
Law that required the use of tax stamps on all legal documents, on certain business agreements, and on newspapers. -
The Quartering Act
You dont have to shelter a soilder during the war. -
The Townshend Revenue Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea were applied with the design of raising $40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. -
The Intolerable Act
The government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts -
Tea Act
Imposed no new taxes on tea -
The Boston Tea Party
Massachusetts Patriots dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor because of the tax on it. -
Administration of Acts
AN ACT for or the impartial administration of justice in the cases of persons questioned for any acts done by them in the execution of the law -
Massachusetts Government Act
AN ACT for the better regulating the government of the province of the Massachuset's Bay, in New England -
Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act was one of the Coercive Acts that Parliament passed in an effort to regain control of unruly Massachusetts.