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End of Seven Years War / French and Indian War
The war ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763, this gave power to Britian to control the Native American land. The end of the war also brought costs up, leading to high taxation on the colonists. -
Sugar Act of 1764
Britain decided to cut taxes on sugar imports by 50%, but they enforced the no smuggling policy to the colonies. They were VERY lenient before this, though it was not very hard on the colonists. -
Stamp Act of 1765
A simple act that stated that all printed material would need a stamp. This made workers like printers and lawyers enraged, the straps weren't free and this led to small (and some large) boycotts of this Act. This was eventually repealed and gave way for the Declaratory Act. -
The Declaratory Act
This Act was in response to repealing the stamp act. It gave England the power to unfairly raise taxes to the colonies. This was seen by a win to those who didn't like the stamp act and they didn't dwell on it further. -
The Townshend Act
Britain brought on a new act to stop smuggling into the colonies. This made people boycott the act and many with differing professions had contrasting options on the effects the act brought to their business. -
The Tea Act
The act offered a tax cut to teas coming from the British-East India company. This should have been good for the colonies, but they were so tired of all the unnecessary acts that they enacted the Boston Tea party in 1773, dumping a modern day 4,000,000$ of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
The start of the Revolutionary War
The intolerable acts were the start of the Revolutionary War. Massachusetts was the first to disobey the intolerable acts, calling for people to not pay taxes, openly disobey the act, and prepare for war. In September every colony except Georgia met to discuss their response to the Intolerable Acts, creating the first Continental Congress.