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Colonial Unrest
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Treaty of Paris 1763
Signed by Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal in an agreed end of the Seven Year War -
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Pontiac's Rebellion
A war initiated by Indian tribes due to Britains unfair seperation of territory like the Ohio Valley -
Proclamation of 1763
Was issued by King George III to create a border along the Ap. Mountains and forbid settlement west of it -
Sugar Act
Act that made American colonists have to pay taxes of sugar/molasses -
Stamp Act
Act passed that required American colonists to pay taxes on newspapers and other documents -
Quartering Act
Act passed that required American colonists to provie housing for British soldiers -
Declaratory Act
An act passed that allowed the British to create laws binding American colonists -
Townshend Acts
A series of acts passed that required American colonists to pay taxes on tea, glass, lead, paper, and paint -
Tea Act
Britain set cheaper tax on Tea but was abusing their power so the colonists responded with protest and The Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
Protest against the Tea Act by the Sons of Liberty in which they dumped out what is now equal to $4.0 m of tea into the Boston Harbor -
Intolerable Acts
British response to the Boston Tea Party. They shut down Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for and took away Massachusetts' right to self-govern -
1st Continental Congress
12 of the 13 colonies send representatives to discuss the Intolerable Acts. It was the 1st time colonies unite in one government action