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The Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act created a new tax on molasses from non-British isles along the same lines as the Molasses Act. The tax was reduced by half -
The Currency Act of 1764
The act extended the restrictions of the Currency Act of 1751 to all 13 of the American British colonies. It eased the earlier Currency Act’s prohibition against printing of new paper bills. It prevented the colonies from repaying future debts with paper bills. -
The Quartering Acts
These acts required the colonies to pay the costs of stationing British soldiers in the colonies. The Quartering Acts also required the colonists to provide houses and food to the British soldiers, whenever necessary. -
The Boston Massacre
A street fight between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. That turned into the British soldiers shooting several people. -
The Boston Tea Party
To protest the british parliament when they put tax on tea. Some colonists dumped all the tea off the boat and into the water. -
The Intolerable Act
The laws were made to punish the colonists for the Tea Party protest. The tea party protest occurred after the taxation by the British of colonial goods.
