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Causes of the war
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Proclamation Act
George III forbid all settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains. He also had a say in colonial affairs. -
Sugar Act
It was the first try to get money to protect colonies by British governments. A levy was put on colonial exports of iron and they had to pass through British customs. -
Stamp Act
Newspapers, legal documents, and pamphlets were all victims of new found ways to tax the colonies. This was a way for parliament to defray expenses from the troops. -
Quartering Act
Colonial Assemblies were required to pay for supplies being given to British troops that had been posted. -
Declaration of Rights and Grievences
Taxes layed on the colonists without their approval was not to be done, this was stated in said declaration, written by the Stamp Act Congress. -
Decalatory Act
A counter attack from parliment triggered by the repeal of the Stamp Act, releaving citizens from taxes on legal documents and newspapers. This act allowed parliment to have a say in binding colonies, via laws. -
Townshend Act
Taxes were put pn glass, lead, paint, paper, and the infamous tea. Colonial Assemblies denonced these new come taxes. -
Boston Massacre
Guards surrounded the buildings where customs duty has been collected. Angry protestors harrassed these guards and struck one with a snowball, who then fired into the swarm of people, killing five. -
Tea Act
Parliment was made not liable for tea on import duties, therefore it became an indirect tax. -
Boston Tea Party
American Patriots from Boston dumped tea into the Boston Harbor after disguising themselves as a Native Tribe. They preformed this act of rebellion against parliment when an indirect tax was placed on imported teas. -
Coercive Act
The Boston Tea Party may have felt like a victory to the Patriots but Parliment thought it was less than impressive. The coercive act was a series of acts passed by the government to punish the people -
First Continental Congress Meeting
12 of all 13 colonies sent a representative to this meeting as an attempt to stop the use of British goods
