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Indian Affairs
-Took place in the southern appalachian highlands and resulted in a treaty in 1761 in which the cherokees agreed to surrender land in the Carolinas and Virginia to the colonists.
-The Cherokee War of 1776 (also The Second Cherokee War), was a series of conflicts and raids between the American colonists and Native Cherokee tribes. The cause of these conflicts were due in part to the Western expansion of the frontiersmen into Cherokee lands in Western North Carolina. -
Write of Assistance
-Since smuggling goods were a major problem at the time the Writs of Assistance were put into play. The Writs of Assistance were documents issued by a court of law that gave British officials in America the power to search for smuggled good whenever they wanted to. They didn’t need any paper from the court to search. -
Proclamation of 1763
-Temporarily prohibited white settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
-The purpose of the Proclamation Line restricting white settlement was presumably twofold: to keep white settlers and Indians apart, preventing fighting between them, and to keep the colonists closer to the coast where they would be easier to control. -
Currency, Sugar and Stamp Act
-The Currency Act was passed by Parliament in 1764 and it prevented the colonies from printing their own money.
-The Sugar Act was passed by the British Parliament, to raise revenue in the American colonies and increased the restrictions on colonial commerce. It was meant to prevent trade with other countries.
-The Stamp Act was passed by Parliament in 1765. To raise revenue in America by requiring taxed stamped paper for legal documents, publications, and playing cards. -
Sons of Liberty (nonimportation movement)
-By the end of 1764, New York merchants had joined the artisans and merchants of Boston in the nonimportation movement. The nonimportation movement put economic pressure on Britain by refusing to buy its exports to the colonies. It was organized boycott of British manufactured goods.
The Sons of Liberty was secret organizations in the colonists that were first formed to oppose the Stamp Act. The organization put pressure on stamp distributors and British authorities. -
The Quartering Act 1765
-The Quartering Act was put into place in 1765 by the British government. They wanted to make it a law for the people of the colonies to let American troops to stay in their homes. The people who owned the house had to provide the soldiers with certain supplies and quarters if they asked and they couldn’t say no. -
Townshend Duty Act
-An act of Parliament passed in 1767, imposing duties on a number of items the colonists regularly imported such as, tea, lead, paint, paper and glass. This Act took away many freedoms that the colonists had in the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
-After months of increasing friction between townspeople and the British troops stationed in the city, on March 5, 1770 British troops fired on American civilians in Boston. Five men die and the troops withdrew from the city to preserve order, which ultimately failed. -
The Tea Act/ Boston Tea Party
-The Tea Act of 1773 was an act of Parliament that permitted the East India Company to sell through agents in America without paying the duty customarily collected in Britain, which reduced the retail price.
-On December 16, 1773, Bostonians disguised as Indians and destroyed £9,000 worth of tea belonging to the British East India Company in order to prevent payment of the duty on it. This was in response to the Tea Act, which left colonists outraged in return. -
Intolerable Act
Coercive Acts
Boston Port Act of 1774 - closed the port of Boston to all incoming and outgoing traffic until the East India Company received payment for the destroyed tea.
Quartering Acts of 1774 - declared that troops under the governor’s command can be given shelter in colonists homes or any shelter available.
Quebec Act Law passed by Parliament that provided an appointed government for Canada, enlarged the boundaries of Quebec, and confirmed the privilege of the Catholic Church.
