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Proclamataion of 1763
Said that the colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. http://storto8thgrade.wikispaces.com/file/view/Proclamation%20of%201763%20Map.jpg/354960774/376x610/Proclamation%20of%201763%20Map.jpg -
Strict Enforcement of Navigation Acts
In 1763 Britain sent soldiers to enforce the Navigation Acts more strictly. These acts said that any goods imported to the colonies had to go through England. It also said that all goods that were imported or exported had to be carried on British ships. http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/115717954.png -
Sugar Act
This act put taxes on coffee, sugar, indigo, and molasses that the colonists bought from anywhere besides Britain. http://nevadanewsandviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/a.jpg -
Currency Act
Outlawed use of paper money, and said colonists could only use coins of gold and silver. Many of them did not have gold and silver coins, and thus could not pay their debts. http://www.pandaamerica.com/news_assets/au2006dog_reverses.jpg -
Stamp Act
The colonists had to buy stamps from Britain and place them on many items, such as legal papers, advertisements, newspapers, calendars and playing cards. www.cr-cath.pvt.k12.ia.us/lasalle/Resources/Rev War Websites/Rev. War Alex Reggie Payton/Payton Burken Rev War/images/stamp act pic.jpg -
Quartering Act
Required the colonists to house and feed British soldiers. http://270c81.medialib.glogster.com/media/d5/d5db7bebf7bb2682b6256172b8a21b53e2a66a1ac3b73a94fb7bd516762870a0/quartering-20act.jpg -
Sons of Liberty begin forming
Around early summer in 1765, groups made up of mostly wealthy colonists began to form the Sons of Liberty. These groups helped the colonists to organize and protest against Britain. http://americanrevolution6c.wikispaces.com/file/view/sons_of_liberty_poster-p228424876082627639trma_400.jpg/206905870/sons_of_liberty_poster-p228424876082627639trma_400.jpg -
Stamp Act Congress
Nine colonies sent delgates to the Stamp Act Congress in New York in order to protest against Britain. They decared that the right to tax the colonists belonged to the colonial assemblies, not Britain. http://1765stampact.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/0/6/14060620/2814605_orig.jpg -
Townshend Acts
Placed duties, or import taxes, on items like glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. The duties needed to be paid in gold or silver. This money would pay for the salaries of governors and other British officials. http://americanrevolution6c.wikispaces.com/file/view/sons_of_liberty_poster-p228424876082627639trma_400.jpg/206905870/sons_of_liberty_poster-p228424876082627639trma_400.jpg -
Writs of Assistance Affirmed
The Townshend Acts also made it clear that Writs of Assistance were legal in the colonies. A Writ of Assistance was a search warrant that gave officers the right to search any building for any reason. https://malegislature.gov/Content/Images/VirtualTour/Locations/NursesHall/Artifacts/Web/JamesOtisArguing.jpg -
Boston Massacre
Rising tensions finally caused the disagreements between the colonists and Britain to become violent. On this date, colonists provoked British soldiers to fire into a crowd of unarmed colonial citizens, killing five people. The colonists used this to their advantage to get their fellow colonists even more upset. http://www.earlyamerica.com/image/review/winter96/massacre.jpg
