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Fought over control of North American land and fur trade.
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Fought over control of North American land fur trade.
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Ends French and Indian War Gives Britain control of all territory east of the Mississippi River & Canada and Mississippi River was to be open for trade.
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Banned colonization west of Appalachian Mountains. Those who already lived there had to move east
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All sugar and molasses coming into the colonies would be taxed by the government. It was established to pay for British troops used during the French and Indian War
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Printed items required to have a stamp saying tax had been paid. Items taxed included newspapers, pamphlets, licenses, legal documents, and playing cards.
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Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. People had to house soldiers in their homes.
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Argument between soldiers guarding custom house and crowd
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The act lowered price of tea but required colonists to buy it from the East India Company.
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3 Ships were anchored in Boston Harbor and people were ordered by governor to unload cargo of tea. Patriots dressed as Native Americans boarded the ships & threw 90,000 lbs. of tea overboard
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The Quebec Act extended the boundaries of Quebec west to the Mississippi, north to Hudson's Bay territory, and the islands in the mouth of the St. Lawrence river and guaranteed religious freedom to Catholic Canadians.
