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The Proclamation Line of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was put into effect after the French and Indian War by the British. The Proclamation Line of 1763 said that the colonists couldn't move west of the Appalachian Mountains because the British wanted to make peace with the Indians. The colonists were so mad about this because they had fought the war for that land and they couldn't have it, so they ignored it. The British in return sent troops to border the line and send people back if they had already moved there. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was another act/tax placed on the colonies by the British. King George remembered that they had made the colonies to make money, not loose it, so he made the Sugar Act. The tax charged 3 pence per pound of sugar, and even though it wasn't a lot of money, this angered the colonists. This was the 1st act placed on the colonies by the British, and they felt like they had no representation in Parliament. They thought that they should have a say in what taxes are being place on them. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act/tax that was placed on the people of the colonies to ease the burden of debt from the French and Indian War, pay for the troops, The British believed the colonist should pay for the war, because the British had fought it for them. The British made every document (newspapers, wills, court papers, playing cards, dice, advertisements, etc.) It affected the people who used paper a lot like journalists, lawyers, clergymen, and others. Colonists were mad and attacked ships. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act (serious taxes) was made by the Royal Crown because they were tired of the colonists protesting and resisting their rule. Charles Townshend thought that if England placed taxes on colonial imports, they could make a lot of income. They thought that the colonists would rather pay taxes on imports rather than local goods, but he was wrong! The colonists were mad and John Dickenson wrote essays to show the unfair representation in taxation and lead to the Boston Massacre. -
The Tea Act
The Tea Act was made by England to try and help reduce the amount of tea held in warehouses by the British East India Company in London and help it survive financially. It also tried to cut away the cost of illegal tea snuck into colonies. The colonists were still angry because they had no representation in the taxation and some would send back the tea they got to Britain. This eventually lead to the Boston Tea Party when colonists dressed as Indians and dumped the tea into the harbor.