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Jan 1, 1450
Triangle Trade
Americans had to trade goods that they had a lot of in exchange for goods they were scarce in their own area. Triangle trade, coupled with British policy of Mercantilism, provided a ''favorable balance of trade'' but only to Great Britain. This ensured tnat gold and sliver and all domestic money, stayed in England -
proclamation of 1763
on October 7,1763 king George iii signed the proclaition of 1763. This prohibited all settlements west of the Appalachan mountains. -
The Sugar act
The sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliamet of Great Britain on April 5,1764 -
The currency act
Those of the parliament argued that colonial currency caused a devaluation harmful to British tade. Therefore, they established the Currency Act of 1764 that banned American assemblies from issuing paper bills or bills of credit. -
The stamp act
The stamp act 1765 was an act of the parliament of Great britan that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced in London, carryng an embossed revenue stamp. -
the quartering act
The Quartering Act of 1765 ordered that colonists were to hause and feed British soldiers if it was necessary, which wasn't exactly convenient for the bossed-around colonists. -
Townshend acts
The Townshend Act were a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, the Parliametof grea Britain relating to the british colonies in North America -
The Boston Massacre
The Shooting of five American colonists by British Troops on March 5,1770. One person, an African-American man named Crispus attacks, was killed. Nearly every part of the story Is disputed by both sides -
The boston tea party
On this date, the members of Sons of Liberty dumped over 300 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act. -
The first continental congress
Two groups of people from all over the 13 Colonies who came together to discuss liberty. The First Continental Congress was a group of 56 delegates from 12 colonies who met in Philadelphia in September of 1774.
