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Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation by King George III on October 7, 1763 prompted the organization and control of the newly acquired French Territory in North America at the conclusion of the Seven Years’ War, or as American colonists would dub it, the French and Indian War. -
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was referred to as the American Revenue Act, which was also American Duties Act. It was passed by the British Parliament in April 1764 to raise funds. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 refers to the tax enforced by the Parliament of Great Britain on the colonies of then British America. The act called for printed materials within the colonies to be standardized using London-made stamp paper with embossed revenue stamps. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were a string of laws that passed at the onset of 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain that relates to the British colonies of North America. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was copied from the Irish Declaratory Act, and it won’t take a genius to learn that Parliament would want America, like the Irish, in continuous bondage to the crown.