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Proclamation Act of 1763
The proclamation established or defined four new colonies, three of them on the continent proper. It removed several ominous barriers and opened up a host of new opportunities for the colonists. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act basically taxed everything that contains sugar. -
Currency Act of 1764
Parliament passed the Currency Act, effectively assuming control of the colonial currency system. The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. -
1765 Stamp Act
Imposed a direct tax by British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America, and it required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
1765 Quartering Act
Colonial assemblies required to pay for supplies to British garrisons. The New York assembly argued that it could not be forced to comply. -
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
They were American patroits northern and southern, young, old, male or female. They were Sons and Daughters of liberty. -
March 5, 1770 Boston Massacre
Angered by the presence of troops and Britian's colonial policy, a crowd began harassing a group of soldiers guarding the customs house. -
1772 HMS Gaspee
The revenue schooner Gaspee ran aground near Providence, Rhode Island and was burnt by locals angered by the enforcement of trade legislation. -
Tea Act of 1773
An effort to support the ailing East India Company, parliament exempted its tea from import duties and allowed the company to sell its tea directly to the colonies. Americans resented what they saw as an indirect tax subsidizing a British company. -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts were a series of four acts established by the British government. The aim of the legislation was to restore order in Massachusettes and punish Bostonians for Sons of Liberty boarded three British tea ships in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 crates of tea nearly $1 Million worth in today's money into the water to protest the Tea act. -
1775 Second Continental Congress
In 1775, the Second Continental Congress convened after the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) had already begun. -
Concord and Lexington
Britian's General Gage had a secret plan.During the wee hours of April 19, he would send out regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston. Their destinations were Lexingrton, where they would capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and john Hancock, then concord, where they would seize gunpowder. -
1775 First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress met in Crpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to october 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congres. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates.
