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The intolerable Acts
Quartering Act (1765)
-Colonies must supply and house British troops
-Boston Port Bill (1774)
-Closes Boston Harbor Until tea is paid for
-Administration of Justice Act (1774)
-British officials could not be charged w/ a crime
Massachusetts Government Act (1774)
-Massachusetts charter is revoked
Quebec Act (1774) -
Salutary Neglect
British did not enforce laws placed on the colonies -
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French and Indian War
A war between France and Britain over the control of land and the fur trade. Also known as the Seven Years war. The British win and they gain control of the Mississippi River and land east of the Mississippi River. Also parts of Canada. -
Proclamation of 1763
An imaginery line drawn by British officials that kept the colonisits from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. This angered many colonists. -
Proclamation of 1763
Banned colonization west of Appalachian Mountains
Those who already live there must move east -
Sugar Act
All sugar and molasses coming into the colonies would be taxed -
Stamp Act
Colonial petitions and protests. -
Townshend Acts
Item taxed:
-imported glass
-lead
-paint
-paper
-tea -
Boston Massacre
-Argument between soldiers guarding custom house and crowd
-Result: 5 killed -
Tea Act
New act, lowered price of tea but required colonists to buy it from the East India Company -
Boston Tea Party
3 ships were anchored in Boston Harbor.
ordered by governor to unload cargo of tea
Threatened by colonists-told not to unload
-December 16th- at night, patriots dressed as Native Americans boarded the ships and threw 90,000 lbs. of tea overboard.
