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The British issued Proclamation of 1763 to protect British settlers by creating a serperation between the Indians west of the Appalachian mountains. Also, in order for fur traders to enter the territory, they had to receive royal permission.
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The Sugar Act of 1764 put import tax on sugar, molasses, and other items which entered British ruled American colonies.
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The Stamp Act 1765 put tax on any sort of document that was printed. In order to use paper of any kind, a stamp was necessary which represented that the tax was paid.
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The Quartering Act of 1765 ordered American colonies' local governments to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers.
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The Stamp Act Congress was the first meeting which took place from October 7th to the 25th, consisting of British American colonists planning to protest against the British taxation.
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The Declaratory Act 1766 was the repeal of the Stamp Act of 1765 because Britain was being boycotted which was hurting their trade and economy.
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The Townshend Act of 1767 were acts created by Charles Townshed which placed an import tax on common items (tea, lead, glass, and paint dyes). These acts were enforced by the writs of assistance (search warrants).
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The Boston Massacre was a riot in Boston due to the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops in the city who fired on the mob and killed several colonists.
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The Tea Act of 1773 was an act of the British Parliament that created a monopoly unfair to American tea merchants. It was the main reason for the Boston Tea Party.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. Officials in Boston refused to return shiploads of taxed tea to Britain so a group of colonists threw the tea into the Boston Harbor.
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The Coercive Acts were a series of four acts that Parliament passed in response to the Boston Tea Party that were created to punish the Boston patriots and to to prevent further rebellion. The acts did not serve their purpose. Instead, it helped unify the colonies.
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The Quebec Act of 1774 extended Quebec's boundary south to the Ohio river which had already been claimed by Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Virgina. The Act also granted religious freedom to French Roman Catholics.
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The 1st Continental Congress took place from September 5th to October 26th where representatives from every colony but Georgia met in Philadelphia to consider economic options of grievances, like the boycott of British trade.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first aremed battles between the thirteen colonies and royal Britain in British North America near Boston.
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The Second Continental Congress was a meeting that discussed the colonial war effort and moving foward towards independence of America (fourth of July).
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The Olive Branch Petition was a petition that showed American colonies' loyalty to Great Britain and asked the kind for aid in ending the conflict, in order to prevent another huge war between Britain and the thirteen colonies.
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The Declaration of Independence was a document that issued freedom from the American colonies and Great Britain. It was mostly written by Thomas Jefferson, but four other people contributed.
