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The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French after the French and Indian War.
Colonists ignored the proclamation and settled beyond the marked boundary. -
The Sugar Act taxed sugar, molasses, and other imported goods to American colonies from non-British sources.
Colonists protested against the act. They boycotted British goods. -
The Currency Act prohibited American colonists from having their own currency.
This angered the colonists. They responded with protests. -
The Stamp Act required American colonists to pay taxes on all paper documents. The tax was represented by a certain stamp design.
Colonists held many protests against this act. Created the slogan "No Taxation Without Representation". -
The Quartering Act of 1765 required colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers.
Colonists were enraged by this act because they saw it as a violation of the English Bill of Rights. -
Parliament passed the Declaratory Act on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed. The Declaratory Act stated that Parliament still had the power to make laws and bind American colonists "in all cases whatsoever".
When the act was first passed, colonists weren't too upset. When other acts came into play, colonists thought the British government was getting too out of control. -
The Townshend Act put a tax on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
In response to this act, colonists stopped buying imported British goods. -
The Boston Massacre occurred between American colonists and British soldiers. It started off as colonists taunting a British soldier, then things escalated quickly. British soldiers opened fire. Killing and wounding colonists.
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A group of men (some were members of the Sons of Liberty) dressed up as Native Americans boarded British tea ships, and dumped the tea into the harbor.
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The Intolerable Acts were passed in response to the Boston Tea Party as a punishment for Massachusetts. The Intolerable Acts were the Boston Port Act, The Massachusetts Government Act, The Administration of Justice Act, The Quartering Act (1774), and the Quebec Act.
In response to these acts, colonists formed their own Congress to discuss Britain's rule and rebel against it. -
The Quebec Act extended religious freedom to Catholics in Canada.
During this time, most of the American colonists were Protestant, and they did not like the idea of Catholic worshipers.