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Proclamation of 1763
No colonial settlement was allowed west of the Appalachain Mountians. Colonists then moved west and violated the proclamation line. -
Sugar act
Cut the tax in half on foreign molasses so that colonists would stop smuggling. Colonists then continued to smuggle molasses into the colonies. -
Stamp Act
Colonists had to purchase stamped paper for any newspaper, document, license, etc. Colonists harassed custom workers and stamp agents -
Repeal of Stamp Act
Parliament repealed the stamp act, but issued the Townshend act -
Boston Massacre
Started with colonists hurling ice at soldiers, turned into a riot, then the soldiers fired on the colonists. Colonists presented this event as a British attack on unarmed colonists. -
Tea Act
The British created heavy taxes on tea, and banned non-British tea from being traded in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists protested the tea act by dumping boxes of British tea into the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Parliament responded to the Boston tea party by imposing martial law, shutting down the Boston harbor, and appointing Thomas Gage the governor of Massachusetts -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The colonists had their first military battle against the British -
Declaration of Independence
The Colonists officially declared their independence from Britain.
