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Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George the lll. This did not allow any settlements by the colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains. Which meant that those that had already settled west of the appalachian mountains had to return back east to try to relieve tension with the Native Americans. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was an act passed on by the British Parliament. This act increased the taxes put on sugar imported from Great Britain. It had also raised taxes on other things like wine, coffee, dye, and textiles. -
The Quartering Act
The quartering act was passed in 1765. The Quartering Act allowed the troops from Great Britain to stay in empty buildings and the colonist's homes against their will if there weren't any barracks that they could stay in. The colonists would even have to give up entire bedrooms to the soldiers and they couldn't say anything about it. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp act was an act of the British Parliament in 1765. Every document or piece of paper that the colonies used had to have a specific stamp on it. The result of this was that any kind of paper that the colonists used the British taxed for it. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a riot on the streets of Boston. The soldiers were there to try and enforce British tax laws. The fight ended up killing five of the colonists. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the Tea Act of 1773. The colonists snuck onto the ship where the tea that they were delivering was and dumped all of it into the harbor. The colonists ended up dumping forty five tons of tea into the harbor which would have been a million dollars worth of tea in modern times. -
The Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act was an act of the British Parliament which began on March 25 of 1774, it became a law on March 31, 1774, and finally took effect on June 1, 1774. The British Parliament closed the port of Boston until they recovered all the money they had lost during the Boston Tea Party. This meant that the capital of Massachusetts was moved to Salem. -
The Massachusetts Regulating Act
The governor picked all of the law officers in the thirteen colonies. The governor also banned all of the town meetings that he did not approve of. This was a punishment for previous incidents like the Boston Tea Party. -
Impartial Administration of Justice Act
The Impartial Administration of Justice Act began on May 20 1774. This act was what led up to the declaration of independence. It was also called the murder act. -
The Quebec Act
The colonists had wanted religious freedom for Catholics and a civil government for themselves but the British would not allow it. They later gave exactly what they wanted to Quebec, a city in Canada. Even after that Great Britain still refused to give the colonists those rights.