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1763-1774
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Quartering Act of 1765
This act is the reason the 3rd Amendment was formed because this forced the colonists to house soldiers and they had to pay for their needs as well. The colonists were extremely angry about this. -
The Sugar Act
This act put more taxes on molasses, silks, coffee, and wines. This also banned the import of foreign rum and all of this caused the colonists to want more representation. -
Proclamation of 1763
This act took the right of the colonists to expand further west to prevent war with the natives. This caused the colonists to feel disregarded. -
Currency Act
This act denied the colonists from using their paper currency, which caused them to be displeased because it caused a burden to trade. -
Stamp Act
This act is pretty self-explanatory and it put taxes on all paper goods, even including playing cards and licenses. Due to this, the colonist started to get understandably irritated, and they made their discomfort known. -
Declatory Act
This made the colonists taxable the same as the British and the colonists had grave issues with this because they still had no representation in Parliament. -
Townshend Acts
This put taxes on most of the common goods that the people enjoyed. These items were tea, glass, paper, and paint. This discouraged the colonists from buying these goods these goods and rather opted to buy it from other places. -
Boston Massacre
Colonists got fed up with the British and retaliated by throwing items at the soldiers. The soldiers then opened fire on the colonists randomly and this caused the colonists to start a campaign by most speech-writers. -
Boston Tea Party
The group the Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and dumped tons of British tea into the Boston Harbor. This event caused the British to form the Intolerable Acts. -
Coercive Act
This act was caused because of the Boston Tea Party, and this punished the state of Massachusetts specifically. This included the Quartering Act and the Quebec Act. This caused the colonists to further split from Britain. -
Quartering Act of 1774
This caused the soldiers to be positioned in people's homes and public spaces with no compensation again. This of course caused outrage due to the soldiers being placed everywhere now. -
Quebec Act
This specifically enabled religious freedoms for French Canadians. The colonist once again strived for their independence.