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British Action |
Description |
Rationale |
Colonial
Reaction |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
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Sugar Act (1764) |
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Currency Act (1764) |
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Stamp Act (1765) |
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Repeal of Stamp Act and Passage of Declaratory Act (1766) |
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Townshend Dut ies (1767) |
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Tea Act (1773) |
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Quartering Act (1774) |
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Coercive or “Intolerable Acts” (1774) |
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Lexington and Concord (1775) |
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