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Treaty of paris.
Treaty of Paris.
The Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War and redraws the map of North America, changing which nations control several specific territories and elimating most French and Spanish influence/control in the Colonies. -
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The road to revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763
British Parliament announces that no settlement can take place west of the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar act 1764
Sugar act .
The Sugar Act, this act actually reduces the tax on imported sugar (molasses), wine, and coffee, but the tax begins being more strictly enforced. Sugar Tax was half Molasses Tax but Colonists refused to pay it. The act also adds to the list of products which the colonists can export only to Britain. -
Stamp Act Congress
Stamp Act Congress
Colonists gather in New York in response to the Stamp Act and author a declaration saying that Britain cannot directly tax them without representation in Parliament. -
Quartering act of 1765
Quartering Acts.
This act requires public funds from the colonists' to be used to support British troops stationed to enforce the Proclomation of 1763. The majority of the opposition to this act occurs in New York where a particularly large number of these soldierse are stationed. -
Virginia resolves.
Virginia Resolves.
The Virginia House of Burgesses passed the Virginia Resolves, which denied Parliament’s right to tax the colonies under the Stamp Act. -
Declaratory Act passed.
Declaratory Act.
Under strong pressure from the colonies, and with their economy slumping because of American boycott of British goods, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in March 1766. But damage to the relationship between the Colonies and England was already done.
