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Proclamation of 1763
Ruling by King George III that forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Feared reaction by natives -
Sugar Act
Lowered tax on sugar, molasses, indigo and other products but tightened law enforcement -
Stamp Act
Taxed certain types of documents (newspapers, playing cards, checks, deeds, contracts, insurance policies, permits and wills) -
Quartering Act
Required colonists to quarter, or house, British troops and provide them with food and supplies (to save money) -
Declaratory Act
Stated that Great Britain had the right to tax the colonies -
Townshend Act
Tax for colonies on glass, lead, paint, and tea used to pay salaries of royal officials -
Boston Massacre
bangA soldier guarding official building fought with a colonist; a crowd gathered and threw snowballs/insults
Eventually it escalated and several colonists were killed -
Tea Act
Act that removed tax on British tea to make it less expensive
Gave East India Tea company control of the trade -
Intolerable Acts aka Coercive Acts
- Closed Boston harbor
- Cancelled Massachusetts charter
- Royal officials faced friendly British court Quartering Act General Gage became the governor of Massachusetts
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Quebec Act
Set up a government for the territory taken from France
Law to give greater rights to French inhabitants of Canada
