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The proclamation act of 1763 was a british-produced line marked in the appalachian mountains. This line prohibited American colonists from settling on that land.
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This act was the first to help raise money for the crown. The act increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies.
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The currency act made it illegal to print paper money by Colonial Legislatures.
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THe stamp act was an act issues by the british that taxed the colonies for newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards.
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The Quartering Act of 1765, required colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages.
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The Declaratory Act stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. This act was made to repeal the Stamp act
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The Townshend Act initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
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The Boston Massacre was a confrontation in Boston where nin british soldiers shot a crowd of 3-4 hundred people.
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The Boston Tea Party is a incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians. this was used as a political protest.
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The Quartering Act of 1774 allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislatures, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers.
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Known as the coercive Acts, The intolerable Acts were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
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The Quebec Act guaranteed the freedom of worship and restored French property rights.