Social Studies
Category: Other
Updated: 9 Oct 2018
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Created byJeremiah Zapata
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Events
Proclamation of
1763Quartering Act
of 1765Stamp Act of
1765Boston Massacre
of 1770The Townsend act
of 1767The Boston Tea Party
of 1773Intolerable Acts
of 1774The Tea Act
of 1773The British had
made new
commandments
not to pass the
Appalachian Mountains
but the Americans
saw that as tyranny.After hearing
that the British
could not pay
off their debt
the started to
tax to buy a
stamp for
every piece of
paper boughtAnother act
Britain put forth
was the law to
provide housing
and suitable
living conditionsThis act was putting
a tax on certain
British goods like
tea, paper, glass, and
paint.In 1770 a troop of
soldiers were
guarding a Boston
customs house
and the Bostonian's
began to criticize
the troops and
throw rocks at
them. The troops
wanted them to
leave but when the
protesters moved
forward in a panic
the troops firedWas one of the
protests titles
that were sparked
by the tea act.This was an
act
made by Lord
North to save
the
British east
India
tea company
from
bankruptcyThese acts
that were
passed by
parliament
were called
intolerable
because of
how harsh
they were.The Sugar
act of
1764This was
the first
act passed
by
Parliament
to raise
taxes to
repay debt
from the
war.Declaratory
Act of
1766This act
stated that
Parliament
had the
same
amount of
taxing
power in
America
as he did
in BritainWrits of AssistanceThis give any custom officials
to search somewhere for
smuggled items with out a
warrant.
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