Colonial Unrest

By dipietroe
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    Colonial Unrest

  • Treaty of Paris 1763

    Signed by Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal in an agreed end of the Seven Year War
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    Pontiac's Rebellion

    A war initiated by Indian tribes due to Britains unfair seperation of territory like the Ohio Valley

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Was issued by King George III to create a border along the Ap. Mountains and forbid settlement west of it

  • Sugar Act

    Act that made American colonists have to pay taxes of sugar/molasses

  • Stamp Act

    Act passed that required American colonists to pay taxes on newspapers and other documents

  • Quartering Act

    Act passed that required American colonists to provie housing for British soldiers

  • Declaratory Act

    An act passed that allowed the British to create laws binding American colonists

  • Townshend Acts

    A series of acts passed that required American colonists to pay taxes on tea, glass, lead, paper, and paint

  • Tea Act

    Britain set cheaper tax on Tea but was abusing their power so the colonists responded with protest and The Boston Tea Party

  • Boston Tea Party

    Protest against the Tea Act by the Sons of Liberty in which they dumped out what is now equal to $4.0 m of tea into the Boston Harbor

  • Intolerable Acts

    British response to the Boston Tea Party. They shut down Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for and took away Massachusetts' right to self-govern

  • 1st Continental Congress

    12 of the 13 colonies send representatives to discuss the Intolerable Acts. It was the 1st time colonies unite in one government action