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Proclamation
tried to put taxes on the New World -
Period: to
Causes of the Revolution
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Sugar Act
lowered tax on sugarand mollassesto raise revanue -
Currency Act
to help gain control of colonial banking system -
Stamp Act
flashpoint that caused the growing anger of colonists -
Quartering Act
had to buy house, feed, and buy supplies for British troops -
Declaratory Act
thought that Stamp Act would make them look weak -
Townshend Acts
raising taxes on paper, led, glass, paint, and tea -
Boston Massacre
result of monthsof tension between British soldiers and Boston residents -
Boston Tea Party
they were angry about the Boston Massacre -
The First Continental Congress
deciding to separate from Britain or not
