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Proclamation of 1763
A proclamation lice was established through this event. It limited settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act of 1733. This act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to 3 pence per gallon. More foreign goods were listed including sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambirc and printed calico, and it further regulated the export of lumber and iron. -
Stamp Act
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed. (http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm) -
Quartering Act
Required colonists to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the quarters were too small, colonists must sccommodate soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses, and the houses of wine sellers. Any expense was paid by the colonists. -
Declaratory Act
Accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that the British Parliament's tacing authoriry was the same in the colonies as it was in Great Britain. -
Townshend Revenue Act
Taxes on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. Designed to raise 40,000 (pounds) a year for administration of the colonies. -
Cosigneees picked
The East India Company would select specific merchants, the only people allowed to sell tea. Seven of them were picked from Boston and they were all Loyalists. -
Tea Act
This tax was not intended to raise revenue in colonies and it imposed no new taxes. It was meant to prop up the East India Company. This act eventually led to the Boston Tea Party. -
Resignation of Tea Cosignees
Due to the high demand for the cosignees to resign their positions, and after fighting it for so long, the cosignees finally relinguished their positions. -
Tea Burning
Citizens in Lexington, Mass. burned all of the tea they own in protest against the British rule. They gathered together and threw it into a bonfire. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty organized this event. Later in the evening, citizens went to the Boston Harbor where the ships were docked and dumped 340 chests of tea into the harbor. -
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The First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpernter's Hall in Philadelphia. All colonies except Georgia send delegates. The intent of this meeting was to show that the colonists were united in their fight against England's authority, but when they got there, many colonies had other ideas. -
"Give me Liberty or Give me Death"
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The Ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere was a silversmith. He rode throughout the towns and worned of the advancing British troops.
