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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans and created the proclamation line -
sugar act
Had cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. -
currency act
prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. -
stamp act
The act required the colonists to pay a tax, to help for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years War. -
Quartering act of 1765
The quartering act prohibited British soldiers from being quartered in private homes, but made the colonial legislatures responsible for paying for and providing for barracks or other accommodations to house British regulars. -
townshed act
the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a patriot mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Quartering act of 1774
allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislatures, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers -
Boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a raid that took place in the Boston Harbor in 1773, during which American colonists dumped shiploads of tea into the water to protest a British tax on tea. -
coercive act
were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Quebec act
revoked the Royal Proclamation of 1763, which had aimed to assimilate the French-Canadian population under English rule. -
Declaratory act
stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain.