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Proclamation of 1763
prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War. -
Sugar act
cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. -
Currency Act
prohibited the printing and issuance of paper money by Colonial legislatures -
Stamp Act
It taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. -
Quartering Act 1765
in American colonial history, the British parliamentary provision (actually an amendment to the annual Mutiny Act) requiring colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages. -
Townshend Act
initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea -
Boston Massacre
a crowd confronted eight British soldiers in the streets of the city. As the mob insulted and threatened them, the soldiers fired their muskets, killing five colonists -
Boston Tea party
A direct response to British taxation policies in the North American colonies -
Quartering Act 1774
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Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. -
Quartering Act 1774
allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislatures, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers. -
Quebec Act
guaranteed the freedom of worship and restored French property rights. -
Declaratory Act
declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act