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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was an order issued by King George III that stopped Colonial expansion in the Americas past a line set by British rule. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was yet another act imposed by Britain upon the colonies. This particular act required all pieces of printed paper to have a purchased stamp on them, as a way to tax the colonists. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was an act imposed by Britain on the colonies that forced colonists to house British soldiers at their own expense. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was actually a series of acts. Those being, the Revenue Act of 1767, the Indemnity Act, the Commissioners of Customs Act, the Vice Admirality Court Act, and the New York Restraining Act. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre is an event that happened when drunk colonists began harrassing British Soldiers, who then opened fire on the crowd without order to. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party occurred when the British imposed the Tea Act. Colonists, fed up with British greed, boarded a transport ship with cargo still on board, and dumped large amounts of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of acts imposed upon the colonists by the British, as a result of the Boston Tea Party to punish colonists for their rash behavior. -
First Continental Congress
The first meeting of the Continental Congress, in an attempt to create a letter to King George III to convince him to repeal the Intolerable Acts. -
Treaty of Paris
