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Proclamation Line
British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. The Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo-American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War. It was designed to prevent colonial tension between the Native Americans and the colonists due to the French and Indian War. -
Sugar Act
A law passed by the British Parliament that raising duties on foreign refined sugar imported by the colonies so as to give British sugar growers in the West Indies a monopoly on the colonial market. This increased enforcement of smuggling laws. -
Currency Act
Parliament passed the Currency Act, effectively assuming control of the colonial currency system. The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. -
Stamp Act
British Parliament passed the "Stamp Act" to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards -
Townshend Acts
A series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies. The British Parliament enacted a series of taxes on the colonies for the purpose of raising revenue. -
Tea Act
The act granted the company the right to ship its tea directly to the colonies without first landing it in England, and to commission agents who would have the sole right to sell tea in the colonies.