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Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763 was a British-produced boundary in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/proclamation-line-of-1763/ -
Sulutary Neglect
Salutary neglect was where the British allowed merchants in America to break shipping laws. When the British tried reversing the rule it caused major issues. https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/salutary-neglect/ -
Parliamentary Acts The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act is when Britain started taxing the colonies. This was an increase in tensions with the Revolutionary War because it was seen as violating rights and freedom. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/sugar-and-stamp-acts.htm#:~:text=He%20began%20by%20revising%20the,importation%20of%20all%20foreign%20rum. -
Parliamentary Acts Townshend Acts
The acts played a big role in escalating tensions between Great Britain and its American colonies. The plan was to raise revenue from the American Colonies.
https://www.loc.gov/collections/continental-congress-and-constitutional-convention-from-1774-to-1789/articles-and-essays/timeline/1766-to-1767/#:~:text=Townshend%20Acts.,paint%2C%20paper%2C%20and%20tea. -
Boston Massacre
During the Boston masscare a confrontation between British soldiers and colonists became very violent and it ended up in five deaths. This would be a very important event leading up to the revolution. https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/march-05/#:~:text=The%20Boston%20Massacre-,The%20Boston%20Massacre,eight%2C%20two%20of%20them%20mortally. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest where the Sons Of LIberty disguised as native americans would dumb tea into the Boston harbor to protest against British taxation.