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Causes Of The American Revolution
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PROCLAMATION OF 1763
Proclamation of 1763 Was issued by King George III of Great Britain
The King sent 100,000 troops To keep the peace with Native Americans.
Britain's prime minster, George Grenville, set out to stop the smuggling.
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was designed to calm the fears of Native Indians
The Proclamation prohibited settlement by whites on land in the 'Indian Reserve'
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SURGER ACT (1764)
In 1764 parliament passed the surger act, which lowered the tax on the molasses
The surger act angered many colonists
They believed this and other new laws violated their rights
The proper name of the Sugar Act is The American Revenue Act of 1764.
The Sugar Act was proposed by Prime Minister George Grenville.
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STAMP ACT (1765)
First direct British tax on American colonistsInstituted in November, 1765.
Every newspaper and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp,British seal, on it.
It was the first direct internal tax passed by Parliament for the North American colonies.
In 1765 parliament passeed the stamp act
This law taxed almost all printed materials
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STAMP ACT (1765)
The stamp act outraged the colonists
They argued that only their own assemblies could tax them
The stamp act taught the British that the colonists would resist internal taxes
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TOWNSHEND ACT (1767)
In 1767 parliament passed the Townshend acts to tax important goods
Such as glass, tea and paper
The tax was paid when the goods arrived, before they were brought inside the colonies
By then, any British taxes angered the colonists
Protest of townshend acts began immediately
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QUARTERING ACT (1765)
Forced colonist to provied British troops with food, housing, and goods
Required colonists to house British soldiers in barracks provided by colonists
The 1765 Quartering Act was passed on March 24, 1765
The purpose of these laws was to take back hold of the thirteen colonies
The Quartering Act of 1765 hits a similar sore spot--it's not just about human rights, or philosophy, but fairness
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TEA ACT (1773)
The Tea Act was a follow-up to the Revenue Act
The Tea Act imposed no new taxes
The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773,
1773 Act that gave a monopoly on tea sales to the East India Company.
Colonists did not want to pay any tax nor wanted to be told what they could buy
8.
COERCIVE ACTS (1774)
In 1773, the British tried again, by instituting a new tax on tea.
The Intolerable Acts of 1774 led to the First Continental Congress on October 14, 1774.
One of the coercive acts banned town meetings in Massachusetts.
Following the coercive act, Parliament also passed the Quebec Act.
The colonists believed all of these new laws violated their rights as english citizens
Maia Stroer
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