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proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 prohibited English settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. This was done to prevent future wars with the natives; the English did not want to spend any more money fighting wars in North America. The colonists were outraged by the proclamation; they believed that that land was theirs because of the war they just fought. -
the stamp act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was established by the British parliament under King George III. It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in English -
the stamp act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was established by the British parliament under King George III. It imposed a tax on all papers and official documents in the American colonies, though not in English. -
the sugar act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar Act, which was about to expire. Under the sugar Act, colonial merchants had to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign sugar. But because of corruption, they mostly evaded the taxes and undercut the intention of the tax that the English product would be cheaper than that from the French West Indies. -
the sugar act
On April 5, 1764, Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar Act, which was about to expire. Under the sugar Act, colonial merchants had to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign sugar. But because of corruption, they mostly evaded the taxes and undercut the intention of the tax that the English product would be cheaper than that from the French West Indies. -
Quartering act
The Quartering Act stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses. And if the soldiers outnumbered colonial housing, they would be quartered in inns, alehouses, barns, other buildings, etc. -
the boston massacre
On March 5, someone posted a handbill seemingly from the British soldiers promising that they were serious to defend themselves. That night a crowd of Bostonians roamed the streets, their anger fueled by rumors that soldiers were preparing to cut down the so-called Liberty Tree an elm tree in what was then South Boston from which effigies of men who had favored the Stamp Act had been hung and on the trunk of which was a sign that read The Tree of Liberty and that a soldier had attacked a man. \ -
the boston massacre
On tMarch 5, someone posted a handbill serious from the British soldiers promising that they were determined to defend themselves. That night a crowd of Bostonians roamed the streets, their anger fueled by rumors that soldiers were preparing to cut down the so- called Liberty Tree an elm tree in what was then South Boston from which effigies of men who had favored the Stamp Act had been hung and on the trunk of which was a sign that read The Tree of Liberty and that a soldier had attacked a man. -
the boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that happened on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
Boston port act
The Boston Port Act, passed in March 1774 closed the Port from all trade and ordered the citizens of Boston to pay a large fine to make up for the tea thrown into the river during the Boston Tea Party. This Act helped unite the Thirteen Colonies in anger against the Crown, and the First Continental Congress met to coordinate a response to this and the other Intolerable Acts. -
Impartctail administration of justice act
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, or for the suppression of riots and tumults, in the province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England. -
Massachusetts regulating act
The Massachusetts Government Act was one of these Acts and restructured the Massachusetts government to give the royally appointed more power. An act for better regulating the government of the province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England. -
Quebec act
The Quebec Act of 1774, a law passed by the British Parliament impacting the Canadian part of Quebec, had several services related to religious freedom. the law gave the protection of the Roman Catholic faith. Even though it was passed for political reasons the law contained several sections that dealt with religious freedoms and, so, are in some sense progenitors of the principle of religious freedom found in the First Amendment