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Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Stamp act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
Townshend act
The Townshend Acts consisted on a series of measures that included a revenue tax on seventy two consumer goods -
Tea Act
The tea act granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies -
Quebec act
Passed by the British Parliament to institute a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government created at the time of the Proclamation of 1763. -
Intolerable Act
The intolerable act was harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. They were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests.