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Proclamation of 1763
At the end of the Seven Years' War Great Britain issued this proclamation prohibiting American colonists from settling further west than Appalachia. -
Sugar Act
This was the first tax act imposed and enforced by the British Parliament. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required that the American colonist pay a tax for every piece of paper that was printed. -
Quartering Act of 1765
This act required the colonists to house the British soldiers in barracks, but if the barracks were too small the localities such as local inns or ale houses. -
Townshend Acts
The acts issued by the British Parliament to assert control over the American colonies and to help the British get out of debt. They implemented new taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea. They also took away some freedoms for the American colonists. -
Boston Massacre
When a patriot mob aggravated a squad of British soldiers into a street fight the British soldiers opened fire on the mob and killed five men. Speech writers would use this event to start a campaign against the British Soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of American colonists dumped tea from ships into the ocean as a protest to "taxation without representation" from Great Britain. -
Intolerable Acts
These acts were instated due directly to the Boston Tea Party. They were meant to limit the colonists freedoms even more and give Great Britain more power. -
First Continental Congress Created
When the 13 colonies gathered together in Pennsylvania (except Georgia) to organize resistance to the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
