British Imperial Policy Time Line

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British Imperial Policy Time Line
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Proclamation of 1763

• Issued by King George III of Britain
• Purpose was to save the colonists from Native
  American attack
• Prevented colonists from moving west of the
  Appalachian Mountains
• Colonists had to give up their land claims

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Sugar Act (1764)

• Caused by colonists smuggling goods from other
  countries
• The Act lowered the tax on molasses to encourage
  colonists to continue importing from Britain
• British officials were allowed to search
  colonists homes for smuggled goods
• Today, we are protected by the 4th and 6th
  amendments from these acts
• 4th- illegal searches and siezures
• 6th- trial by jury

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Stamp Act (1765)

• Taxed all printed materials
• Quartering Act- forced colonists to provide
  housing for British troops
• Colonists opposed because
• 1. It taxed the colonists directly without their
  consent
• 2. Ignored the colonists tradition of
  self-government

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Stamp Act (1765)

• Sons of Liberty protested by burning effigies,
  boycotting British goods, tarring and feathering
  British tax collectors.
• After the Stamp Act Congress met, the Stamp Act
  was repealed in 1766

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Declaratory Act (1766)

• This act declared that the British Parliament had
  every right to rule over the colonies in any way
  whatsoever this includes laws and taxes

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Townshend Acts (1767)

• Taxed glass, tea, paper and lead
• Applied to imported goods, to be paid at the port
  of entry
• Colonists boycotted these taxes
• Daughters of Liberty was formed. They encouraged
  people to buy American-made products

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Boston Massacre (1770)

• Parliament feared the Bostonians were on the
  brink of rebellion
• The crowd threw snowballs at the soldiers, filled
  with rocks.
• Five colonists were killed
• Crispus Attucks, part African-American is
  considered the first AA to die for liberty!

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Boston Massacre

• Paul Revere engraved this picture to create
  propaganda!
• What does this picture say about the event?
• Is it true?

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Tea Act (1773)

• Meant to protect the British East India Company
• They could
• 1. Ship directly to the colonists
• 2. Avoid paying taxes usually placed on tea
• This would hurt the colonial merchants of tea
• They dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor

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Coercive Acts (aka The Intolerable Acts) (1774)

• Lord North (prime minister of Britain) asked
  Parliament to take action
• 1. Closed Boston Harbor
• 2. Banned most town meetings
• 3. Forced Bostonians to shelter British soldiers
  in their homes
• This violated the colonists rights as British
  citizens