Discontent Grows

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    Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation happened because the Parliament didn't want Colonists to cross the Appalachian Mountains, and cause tension.
  • Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act strongly enforced the tax on molasses, sugar, and other products.
  • Quebec Act

    It gave the right to colonists in Quebec to practice catholicism, and to expand borders.
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    Currency Act

    The Currency Act prohibited the printing of paper money, and set up fines and penalties for members of the Colonial Government.
  • Stamp Act

    The British were in debt after the French and Indian war, so they taxed everything so people had to pay, to basically survive.
  • Quartering Act

    It prohibited British soldiers from being quartered in private homes.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaration by British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act.
  • Townshend Act

    Initiated tax on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    A street brawl between American Colonists and a lone British soldier, that turned into a blood bath.
  • Boston Tea Party

    It was a direct response to British taxation policies, in the Colonies.
  • Intolerable Acts

    A series of law passed by British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party incident.
  • Quartering Act

    Allowed Royal Governors, rather than colonial legislatures to find homes to quarter British soldiers.