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Treaty of Paris 1763
Ended the French and Indian War. After the war, the French were decimated, making Britain a dominant force in North America. Great Britain was left with a massivewar debt, so they placed taxes, such as the Sugar Act and Stamp Act. They created the Royal Proclamation to ease Natives' fears of westward movement. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Ends July 25th, 1766. Pontiac’s Rebellion was a war waged by Indians of the Great Lakes region against British rule after the French and Indian War. The war started when Native Americans tried to beseiege Fort Detroit. British reinforcements soon came, but were defested. A peace treaty was signed by Pontiac and ended the war. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation was issued by King George III. It was made to calm Native American's fears by stopping movement westward. The boarder went along the Appalacian mountains, stopping any settlement west of that. British and American colonists resented the proclamation, and banded together to try to get the boarder moved further west. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act of 1764 was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764, that was designed to raise revenue from the American colonists in the 13 Colonies. Mostly focused on rum, which was made with molases which is a by-product of sugar production. The Sugar Act was put into place by British parlement, which further separated them from the colonists. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was designed to raise revenue from the American Colonies by a duty (tax) in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents. Essentially anything printer on paper, except books, was taxed. The Repeal of the Stamp Act is finally approved in February 1966. -
Quartering Act
The 1765 Quartering Act made provisions for British troops to be given food and shelter at the expense of the American colonists. The 1774 Quartering Act was one of the series of Intolerable Acts passed as a reprisal to the Boston Tea Party. The history of the Quartering Acts is directly linked to the causes of the American Revolution. -
Declatory Act
The Declaratory Act of 1766 was a British Law, passed in mid March by the Parliament of Great Britain, that was passed at the same time that the Stamp Act was repealed.The declaration stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies. This meant British Parlament could control America and make any rules/laws they deemed correct. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts of 1767 were a series of laws which set new import taxes on British goods including paint, paper, lead, glass and tea and used revenues to maintain British troops in America (regulated colonial trade by taxing items needed by the colonies). Parliament repealed the Townshend Acts on April 12, 1770, except the tax on tea - leaving the door open to pass the Tea Act in 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
British response toe the Boston Tea Party.
-Shut down Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for
-Took away Massachusetts right to self-govern -
1st Continental Congress
12 of the 13 colonies send representatives to discuss the Intolerable Acts.
1st time colonies unite in one government action.