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Ruling by King George III that forbade settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Lowered tax on sugar, molasses, indigo and other products but tightened law enforcement
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Taxed certain types of documents (newspapers, playing cards, checks, deeds, contracts, insurance policies, permits and wills)
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Required colonists to quarter, or house, British troops and provide them with food and supplies (to save money)
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Stated that Great Britain had the right to tax the colonies
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Tax for colonies on glass, lead, paint, and tea used to pay salaries of royal officials
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bangA soldier guarding official building fought with a colonist; a crowd gathered and threw snowballs/insults
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Act that removed tax on British tea to make it less expensive
Gave East India Tea company control of the trade -
- 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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Set up a government for the territory taken from France
Law to give greater rights to French inhabitants of Canada
