9/26/2016
Proclamation of 1763
•colonist not allowed to move past Appalachian
Mountains
Stamp Act
•Required all printed materials to have stamp
•Colonist angry
•Colonial legislature bypassed
•Ignored tradition of self rule
Sugar Act
•Stop smuggling
•Lowered taxes on imported molasses
•British Officers seize smuggled goods w/o court order
Townshend Acts
•1767
•Taxed goods (glass, tea, paper, & lead)
•Boycotts – wore homemade goods
Boston Massacre
•March 5, 1770
•Troops fire on colonists
•Killed 5: Crispus Attucks – dock worker
•More boycotts, repeal Townsend Act (except tea)
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