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- All land west of the Appalachian mountains is unpurchasable
- Meant to force colonists to stay in the colonies and make them depend on Britain instead of going west for more resources
- Britain didnt want to spend money protecting the colonists from Native threats if they fled west because it requires more money they don’t have
- Colonists were outraged as it infringed on their freedoms and rights as they had helped in war before
- Many colonists disobeyed the act and left for the west anyway
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Parliament imposes taxes on wines, coffee, textiles, and indigo to repay war debts after the Seven Years War. This further builds conflict between the colonies and Great Britain and upsets colonists.
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Parliament imposes a rule stating colonial governments can't issue paper money, and that all debts must be paid in British currency. This forced the colonists to adapt to a different system of money. In response, the colonists protested.
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Parliament imposes taxes on legal papers, newspapers, books, dice, cards, and other documents to raise money for the military troops stationed in the colonies and to pay for war debts. This enraged colonists and led to more protests as the colonists realize that Britain may not have their best interest in mind.
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Parliament establishes that American colonists must provide housing, financial support, and necessities to British troops stationed in the colonies to decrease the cost of maintaining armies. This led to many colonists flat out refusing to station soldiers. In response, the British government suspended the New York council for 6 months.
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- Gives British government has full authority to pass laws in the colonies
- Warns of what would happen if the colonists continued to rebel against Great Britain
- Colonists who had previously celebrated the repealing of the Stamp Act are taken back to square one as they realize the British still have control– their small victory is meaningless
- Meant to command power, however it further unified the colonies against Great Britain and urges them to fight
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Parliament imposes new taxes on imports of glass, lead, paint, tea, and paper to the colonies. This prevented colonial legislatures from using the power of the purse and upset colonists.
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British soldiers fire on a Boston crowd, killing five and wounding six. This angers the colonists as the conflict has now been turned towards violence. John Adams defends the soldiers in court, and all but two soldiers are acquitted for murder.
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On December 16th, 1773, colonists in Boston disguised as Native Americans board three ships, dumping 342 canisters of tea into the Boston harbor as an act of protest against parliament. In response, the British government closed Boston harbor to trade and infracted a series of laws meant to punish the colonists.
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Parliament enforces a series of acts to punish American colonists for acts of rebellion such as the Boston Tea Party, restricting trade with Europe and leading to a large economic hit in the colonies. The colonists continued to protest and even considered war.
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Parliament enforces a rule stating colonists were now required to provide shelter to British soldiers on private property, offering a wider range of housing than the act in 1765. The law was meant to increase British presence in the colonies and further provoked colonists.
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Parliament imposes a rule that lets French Quebec cover land as far west as the Mississippi river and as high as the Ohio River Valley. It's done to appease the French population of Quebec, who the British government feared might join the rebellion. The French population is subdued while American colonists respond with rage that their land is being given away.