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| Figure 9 |
steps toward revolution |
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| Legislation |
Date |
What It Did |
| Proclamination of 1763 |
1763 |
Set boundaries for western settlement. |
| Sugar Act |
1764 |
Lowered tax on sugar, molasses, and other products, but tightend customs enforcement. |
| Stamp Act |
1765 |
Taxed certain customs enforcement |
| Declaratory Act |
1766 |
Stated that Great Britain had the right to tax the colonies. |
| Townshend Acts |
1767 |
Taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. |
| Tea Act |
1773 |
Gave East India Tea Company the sole control of the tea trade |
| "Intolerable" Act |
1774 |
Closed port of Boston |