Colonial Unrest

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    Colonial Unrest

  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    Signed by Great Britain, France and Spain, formally ending the French and Indian war.
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    Pontiac's Rebellion

    War launched by Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule and policies.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Was issued by King George III after the French and Indian war forbidding settlement past a line along the Appalachian Mountains.

  • Sugar Act

    Was a tax act passed by the British Parliament imposing a tax of three pence per gallon of molasses.

  • Stamp Act

    New tax imposed upon all American colonists requiring them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.

  • Quartering Act

    Required colonists to provide British soldiers with any needed supplies or housing, including food.

  • Declaratory Act

    An act of the British Parliment which repealed the Stamp Act and changed and lessened the Sugar Act.

  • Townshend Acts

    A series of acts passed by the British Parliament in order to raise revenue.

  • Tea Act

  • Boston Tea Party

  • Intolerable Acts

  • 1st Continental Congress