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Proclamation of 1763
Formally ended the 7 years war. It prohibited colonists from settling west of the proclamation line. -
Sugar act
Passed to help raise money for war debts. Angered the colonists who used sugar to make rum, an important export of the colonies. -
Currency Act
Prohibited colonists from making their own currency, which didn't help the currency shortage. -
Stamp Act
Passed to raise money. It put a tax on all official documents and other mail. Made it nearly impossible for some businesses to continue business. -
Quartering Act 1765
Forced the locals to give food, water, transportation, and lodging to the local British Garrisons. -
Declaratory Act
Gave the British parliament legal jurisdiction over the American colonies, as it would the Mainland. This was met with protests of unfair taxation without representation. -
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Townshend Act
Taxes on certain imported goods, forcing some colonists to stop trading for imported British goods. -
Boston Massacre
British troops fired into a group of protesters killing 5. This angered the colonists severely as the protesters were unarmed. -
Boston Tea Party
A protest of the taxes on tea in which a group of colonists raided and destroyed an imported shipment of tea. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of acts passed to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party, leading to even more protests. -
Quartering Act 1774
An act that applied to all of the colonies was that the local royal governors could forcefully take homes and buildings for the use of British Garrisons. -
Quebec Act 1774
Set Quebec aside from the other American colonies. This protected Quebec from invasion by the revolutionary American forces. In a way was responsible for the creation of Canada.