Saturday, January 5, 2013

The 1a The Proclamation of 1763 was a British law that forba

1a. The Proclamation of 1763 was a British law that forbade American coloniststo settle west of a line
that ran along the Appalachian Moutains.

1b. The Stamp Act was a law passed by parliament that taxed legal documents, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice.

1c. The Townshed Acts British laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paint paper, silk, and tea.

1d. The Quartering act was a law passed in 1765 that required English colonists to provide candles, bedding, and housing to British soldiers stationed in the colonies.

2. The colonists broke out in riots, threw rocks, and even tarred and feathered the agents when they inforced the Stamp Act.

3. On the night of March 5, 1770 a crowd gathered outside the Boston customs house, people insulted the soldiers threw ice, snow, and oyster shells. The soldiers panicked and fire d a shot that killed five people.

4a. boycott-To refuse to buy certain goods or services

4b. repeal- To cancel

4c. commitee of correspondence- A group of colonists who wrote letters pamphlets to inform and unite
and inform colonists against British rule

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