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- The Proclamation of 1763 was a law enforced by the British following the French Indian War.
- Reserved all the new Western territory Britain gained after the war for their new allied Indian colonies.
- This angered colonists due to them feeling like they had the right to be on the land after fighting in the war.
- Although this did not spark any big responses from the colonists, tension in their relationship with Britain still began to build.
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- The Currency Act stopped the colonies from using paper bills, and enforced the use of British currency for purchases.
- British merchants were worried about how the price of their goods would change due to the currency differences with the paper bills that colonists would use.
- Colonies already had a limited amount of British currency.
- This made the colonists' resentment towards Britain grow, and they insisted that without their own currency, they would have financial struggles.
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- The Sugar Act was implemented to stop the importation and smuggling of luxury goods like rum, molasses, and many other things.
- This made a big impact on colonial trade, since it was now illegal to purchase these items from other countries.
- Colonists began to protest against this law; they began boycotting British goods, which affected the economy even more than it already was.
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- The Quartering Act enforced that the colonists had to house British troops in public houses and provide them with the things they needed.
- This caused more tension between the colonists and British soldiers.
- Though colonists could not do anything against the act, they would strongly refuse to take care of the soldiers.
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- The Stamp Act enforced that all legal documents, newspapers, and other items be marked with revenue stamps as proof of someone's purchase of the item.
- This caused violent uproars among the colonists, they claimed it was this law went against their constitutional rights since they had not consented to the taxes.
- Like the Sugar Act, colonists began boycotting British goods due to the taxes.
- Due to the violent protests, Parliament ended up repealing the act on March 18th, 1766.
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- Passed on the same day as the repeal of the Stamp Act, the Declaratory Act asserted Parliament's authority over the American colonies.
- It pushed the motive that Parliament had every right to tax the colonies.
- Colonial leaders were outraged by the Declaratory Act, while others were celebrating the repeal of the Stamp Act.
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- The Townshend Acts were a series of acts made by Charles Townshend.
- More taxes were imposed on imported goods for the colonists due to the repeal of the Stamp Act.
- These acts pushed the colonists to resent Britain even more.
- Protests and boycotts of British items were becoming more common among the colonists.
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- The Boston Massacre was a violent act by the British army against the colonists, causing both death and injury among the colonists.
- The sight of the British army in Boston caused many arguments, which eventually led to violence, causing the army to shoot into the crowd of the colonists.
- Even though many colonists were outraged by this event, leaders like John Adams actually defended the British Army.
- Motivated the colonists towards their fight for independence from Britain even more.
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- Known as a protest against Parliament's taxes on tea and other items, the Boston Tea Party was an act of the colonists, in which they dumped imported tea into the Boston Harbor
- The group of colonists who were involved in these acts was named the Sons of Liberty.
- Parliament was outraged by this act of the colonists.
- This act brought the colonists together, and further proved their outrage towards Britain.
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- As punishment for the Boston Tea Party, Parliament published the Intolerable Acts, which were a series of four new laws.
- The Boston Port Act, which shut down the Boston Port until the colonists could pay for the tea, made it almost impossible for the colonists to make money since they could not participate in trade.
- Other acts were named the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.
- Colonists formed communities to go against these acts.
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- Unlike the Quartering Act of 1765, this one allowed British troops to be quartered inside the colonists' homes, and made it so that they had to provide for them even more than they already were.
- Colonists were already in fear of the British army due to events like the Boston Massacre, and troops being in the colonists' homes caused more fear.
- Caused more rage from the colonists towards the British.
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- The Quebec Act extended Britain's boundaries towards Quebec, which was more territory they had gained from France.
- Colonists believed that this was part of the Intolerable Acts, which caused more outrage.