British Acts

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/01/1763	the Proclamation act	The British passed the Proclamation act to stop colonists from settling West of the Appalachian Mountains because they don’t want the colonists to fight again so they will need money and will be in dept again.
01/02/1763	The colonists responded for the proclamation act	The colonists responded to the Proclamation by moving any way.
04/05/1764	The Sugar Act	Tax non-British imports; which it means to tax every other countries imports of coffee and sugar except England.
04/06/1764	The colonists responded for the sugar act	The colonists responded to the Sugar act by complaining with "No taxation without representation" and that’s mean there are no taxes without telling the colonists about it. But the colonists still pay the taxes, because they have no other choices, they can't live without sugar or coffee that’s act effect the other countries and the colonists.
03/22/1765	The Stamp Act	The British passed the Stamp Act to tax all the printed items -newspapers and many other items, and all of them have to have a stamp to show that the tax was paid.
03/23/1765	The colonists responded for the stamp act	The colonists responded to the Stamp Act by speaking out against the act, burning the stamps, and boycotting British goods. This law affected the colonists so much because every one use a paper so every one had to pay.
03/24/1765	The Quartering Act	The British passed the Quartering Act to make the colonists provide food and houses to the troops, from the British army. The troops came to the colonies to watch the border if some body come and try to move West and they don't want anyone to move West so the colonists not going to fight any more with the Heron so the troops have to watch if some one come and stop them.
03/25/1765	The colonists responded for Quartering Act	The colonists responded to the Quartering Act by refusing to follow the act because they have money just to feed their family, and they don't want any one to live with them. They don't have enough money to feed British armies.
06/15/1767	The Townshend Act	The Townshend Act is to tax glass, paint, lead, paper and the tea.
07/02/1767	The colonists responded for the Townshend Act	The colonists responded to the Townshend Act by protesting with violence, they attacked the British officers, and boycotted all the British goods.
05/01/1773	the Tea Act	The British made their tea cheaper than any other tea made in the colonies, so every one will buy the British tea.
05/04/1773	The colonists responded for the Tea Act	The colonists responded to the Tea Act by dressing up like the Mohawks, and then dumping the tea in the Boston harbor, which was called "the Boston tea party".
06/02/1774	The Coeruve Act	The British passed the Coeruve Act to close the port of Boston, and to punish the people who were in the tea party. The British bass this act because they lost all of their tea which it cost a lot of money.
06/04/1774	The colonists responded for the Coeruve Act	The colonists responded to the Coeruve Acts by continuing to protest.