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The Proclamation of 1763
This prevented colonists from expanding westward from the Appalachian Mountains. This angered the colonists and speculators - People who owned land west of mountains - because they helped fight in the war. -
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Causes and Effects of Events of the Revolutianary War
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Sugar Act
Lowered taxes of sugar and molasses and allowed the taking of smuggled goods without court. This angered colonists and it betrayed their rights. -
The Colonial Currency Act
Set regulated paper money in the colonies - protected British merchants from being paid depicted money.This angered colonists - cited as a grievance -
The Quartering Act
Gave the British soldiers permission to sleep in any house and the colonists had to feed them. It angered the colonists because in England they didnt have to. -
The Stamp Act
This placed a tax on almost all printed materials. This angered the colonists - They didnt let them have a say in this act. They boycatted the paper materials -
The Declaratory Act
Lessened the sugar act, repealed the stamp act, and stated that taxing authority was the same in Britain and America -
The Townshead Act
This taxed imported goods to be paid at port of entry. Any taxes angered them - they believed only their representatives should be able to tax them. -
The Tea Act
Gave the British East India Company sole control of tea trade - let company sell directly to shop keepers and bypass colonial merchants -
The Quebec Act
Gave French-Canadians full religion freedom. Considered it an Intolerable Act because it nullified the Western claims of colonists. -
The Intolerable Act
Wher Britian heard of the Boston Tea Party, it set the Coercive Acts to punish Massachusetts. Colonists were angered
