British Policy in the North American English Colonies

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Before 1763, what is TRUE about the government in the English Colonies?

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American Colonists had learned how to govern themselves with Elected Assemblies

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What was the French and Indian War about?

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A struggle between France and Great Britain to claim North American Land. Many Indians were allies with the French.

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What was the Proclamation of 1763?

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A rule by King George III, to draw a line down the Appalachian Mountains. The East side for colonists. The West side for Indians.

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What was the Stamp Act?

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A British Policy that required all paper used in the colonies to be taxed and stamped from Great Britain.

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What was the Quartering Act?

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A British Policy that required colonists to provide housing and living materials to British Soldiers and Troops.

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What was the Townshend Acts?

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A British Policy by Charles Townshend, enforcing taxes on certain goods from Great Britain.

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What was the Boston Massacre?

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An unsolved protest and riot between Patriots and British Soldiers on the colonial Streets of Boston in 1770.

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What was known as the Tea Act?

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A British Policy that lowered the cost of the Tea from the British Tea Company, and could only be sold by certain Merchants. Another way to tax the colonists!

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What was the Boston Tea Party?

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When Patriots dressed as Native Americans, went aboard British Ships and unloaded all tea into the Boston Harbor! The Water!

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What was the Intolerable Acts?

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Great Britain's use of Harsh Punishment that prevented the Colonists from living their usual way of life.