Colonial America Events and Acts

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Proclamation of 1763

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1763: Stopped colonial settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Intolerable Acts

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1774: A series of laws passed to punish Boston for the Tea Party.

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Stamp Act

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1765: Placed taxes on legal documents, newspapers, paper products, dice, and playing cards.

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Quartering Act

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1774: Forced Colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.

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Boston Tea Party

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1773 protest against the Tea Act; members of the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea in Boston Harbor

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Boston Massacre

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1770 conflict between British troops and colonists in which 5 colonists were killed

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Year of the Boston Tea Party

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1773

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Year of the Boston Massacre

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1770

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Sons of Liberty

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Group involved in the Boston Tea Party protest against the Tea Act

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Cause of the American Revolution

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No Taxation without Representation was a major cause