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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a British boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. It was started on October 7, 1763. The Proclamation prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French from the French and Indian War. -
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act of 1764, was an enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the American colonies from non-British Caribbean sources. It could also be called the Plantation Act or the Revenue Act. -
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Currency Act
The Currency Act, started in 1764 along with the Sugar Act. It prohibited the printing and issuance of paper money by Colonial Legislatures, as well as set up fines and penalties for members of Colonial government who disobeyed. -
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an Act were colonists had to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. It was imposed by the British government without the approval of the Colonial Legislatures. -
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Quartering Act
The Quartering Act allowed royal governors, rather than, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers. -
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Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act, was passed by Parliament, the same day the Stamp Act ended. It stated that Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies in all cases whatsoever. -
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Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was to help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed during. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest in which a group of 60 American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor, as a protest against a tax on tea. -
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Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts, also called the Coercive Acts were, four punitive measures enacted by the British Parliament in retaliation for acts of colonial defiance, -
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Quebec Act
The Quebec Act allowed French Catholics to obtain good jobs in the government, as well to let the French practice their style of law.