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Proclamation
In this 1763 proclamation, George III aimed to stabilize relations with Native American tribes by restricting colonial expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War. -
Currency Act
This law prohibited the colonies from issuing their own paper money, destabilizing the colonial economy and making it difficult for colonists to pay their debts. -
The Sugar Act
aims to raise revenue from the colonies for Great Britain. -
The Quartering Act
Required the American colonies to house and supply British soldiers and colonial resentment towards British rule, playing an important role in the build-up to the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
This controversial law required settlers to purchase stamps for various legal documents, newspapers, and playing cards, prompting widespread protests and the cry of "No taxation without representation." -
Declaratory Act
Affirms Britain's authority over the colonies. The Stamp Act indicates that Parliament had the power to legislate for the colonies "in all cases." -
Townshend Acts
These laws imposed duties on goods imported into the colonies, leading to further discontent and boycotts by colonists who saw them as another form of taxation without representation, The goods imported to the colonies were such as glass, tea, paper, and paint, further inflaming colonial resistance. -
Boston Massacre
A pivotal event in which British soldiers fired into a crowd, killing five colonists, further increasing tensions and anti-British sentiment in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
A defiant act of protest in which colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act in the colonies. -
Quebec Act
Expanded Quebec's borders and granted religious freedom to Catholics, angering Protestant settlers and contributing to fears of British authoritarianism. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Events and acts contributed to the growing discontent and unrest that ultimately led to the American Revolution