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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation Line prohibited Anglo American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian War. -
Sugar Act
Sugar Act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act to protect British merchants and creditors from depreciated colonial currency, this act regulated currency, abolishing the colonies' paper currency in favor of a system based on the pound sterling. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/currency-act-1764#:~:text=To%20protect%20British%20merchants%20and,based%20on%20the%20pound%20sterling. -
Declaratory Act
It stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. Parliament had directly taxed the colonies for revenue in the Sugar Act 1764 and the Stamp Act 1765. -
Stamp Act
It taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards. Issued by Britain, the stamps were affixed to documents or packages to show that the tax had been paid. -
Quartering Act 1765
Quartering Act requires colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act imposed duties on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution. https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773 by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party -
Intolerable Acts
A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/the-coercive-intolerable-acts-of-1774/#:~:text=The%20Coercive%20Acts%20of%201774%2C%20known%20as%20the%20Intolerable%20Acts,for%20the%20Boston%20Tea%20Party. -
Quartering Act 1774
Allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislatures, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/quartering-act#:~:text=The%20last%20act%20passed%20was,quarter%20or%20house%20British%20soldiers. -
Quebec Act
Quebec Act granting emancipation for the Catholic, French-speaking settlers of the province. The act repealed the loyalty oath and reinstated French civil law in combination with British criminal law. https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1034/quebec-act-of-1774#:~:text=A%20few%20years%20later%20Parliament,combination%20with%20British%20criminal%20law.