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Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was to cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retain a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. -
Currency Act
It prohibited the printing and issuance of paper money by colonial legislatures -
Stamp Act
The British Parliament taxed the colonists on various items in order to pay for the destruction and recovery of the French and Indian War. -
Quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering Act outlines the locations and conditions in which soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. -
Declaratory
Parliament could make laws binding the American colonies. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
British Sentries guarding the Boston Customs House shot into a crowd of civilians, killing three men and injuring eight, two of them mortally. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against taxes when 60 American colonists threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of law that restricted trade and increased British control in Boston and the rest of Massachusetts. -
Quartering Act of 1774
The Quartering Act of 1774 allowed British troops to be housed in private homes and facilities. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act allowed French Catholics to obtain good jobs in government.