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Proclamation of 1763 was a British-produced boundary in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/proclamation-line-of-1763/ -
Salutary neglect was where the British allowed merchants in America to break shipping laws. When the British tried reversing the rule it caused major issues. https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/salutary-neglect/ -
The Sugar Act is when Britain started taxing the colonies. This was an increase in tensions with the Revolutionary War because it was seen as violating rights and freedom. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/sugar-and-stamp-acts.htm#:~:text=He%20began%20by%20revising%20the,importation%20of%20all%20foreign%20rum.
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The acts played a big role in escalating tensions between Great Britain and its American colonies. The plan was to raise revenue from the American Colonies.
https://www.loc.gov/collections/continental-congress-and-constitutional-convention-from-1774-to-1789/articles-and-essays/timeline/1766-to-1767/#:~:text=Townshend%20Acts.,paint%2C%20paper%2C%20and%20tea. -
During the Boston masscare a confrontation between British soldiers and colonists became very violent and it ended up in five deaths. This would be a very important event leading up to the revolution. https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/march-05/#:~:text=The%20Boston%20Massacre-,The%20Boston%20Massacre,eight%2C%20two%20of%20them%20mortally. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest where the Sons Of LIberty disguised as native americans would dumb tea into the Boston harbor to protest against British taxation.