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Revolution
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Proclamation
a royal decree was issued that prohibited the North American colonists from establishing or maintaining settlements west of an imaginary line running down the crest of the Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
This is when the English put a tax on sugar. This upset the colonists, and was one thing of many things that started the war. -
Currency Act
When the colonists made ther own currency, or printed their own money. -
The Stamp act
When the british but a tax on paper and everything printed for the colonists -
The Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was First Congress of the American Colonies. The British Colonies each had a represenative. The protested the Stamp Act. -
Quartering Act
arliament passed the Quartering Act to address the practical concerns of troop deployment. They made the colonist house British soliders. -
Declaratory Act
This was an Accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765. Parliament repealed the Sugar Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save face. -
Townsend Act
The townsend act was a series of acts passed beginning in 1767.They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
