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Proclamation Line
This was to to organize Great Britain's new North American empire to stabilize relations with Native American through regulation of trading, settling, and buying land. Also the line was the border of the colonies. -
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the currency act
The Currency Act of 1764 extended the 1751 to all of the British colonies of North America. this statute did not prohibit the colonies from issuing paper money, but it did forbid them from designating future currency emissions as legal tender for public or private debts. This tight money policy created financial difficulties in the colonies, where gold and silver were in short supply. -
the stamp act
The stamp act (March 22, 1765) : The stamp act started on February 17, 1765 when the bill was
passed and was approved by the lords on March 8, and was put in effect by the King two week
later.It was ment to assert governmental authority over the colonies.This created a debt so
Great Britain taxed English citizens.As everything got worse it created a revolt.”In 1765,
Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which as any American high school student can tell you, was
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the townshed act
named after charels townshed, this massacer hapend in boston of 1767 . this act was to raise revenue in the colonies . quote. " a slave who deals wisely with rule over a child who acts shamfully , and will shared the inheritance as one to the family -
the boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was an example of how colonists felt about British soldiers. While protesting an event many colonists taunted British soldiers who then fired upon the colonists. These soldiers were later indicted for murder. -
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Gaspee Affair
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the boston tea party
When: December 16,1773
Where:Boston,Massuchusetts-Boston Harbor Officials in Boston refused to return three shiploads of taxed tea to britain. A group of colonisls boarded the ship and destroyed the tea by throwing it into Boston Harbor. Quote: "Patriotism is as much a virtue as justice, and is as necessary for the support of soda as natural atrection is for the support of families!" -
the coercive act
The coercive act (March 31, 1774): The coercive act was passed by Parliament and was an act of punishment. This act closed the ports of boston until the tea that was dumped into the harbor was paid.It would force the colonists to follow laws that thay thought was unfair. “We were merry, in an undertone, at the idea of making so large a cup of tea for the fishes.” -
the sugar act
The Sugar Act was passed on April 5, 1764 which was in the colonies at a time of economic depression.The preamble to the act stated: "it is expedient that new provisions and regulations should be established for improving the revenue of this Kingdom ... and ... it is just and necessary that a revenue should be raised ... for defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same.'' It was an indirect tax, although the colonists were well informed of its presence. A good part of -
the speech of patrick henery
the meaning of patrick henrys speech " give me liberty or give me death. patrick meant that if he could not get freedom or fight he would die trying . quote " give me liberty or give me death " held at st. John's chruch
