Chapter 5: American Colonies in the British Empire Test Study Guide

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Threatened the western expansion of the colonies: Boston Port Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act of 1773, Quebec Act

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Quebec Act

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Gave the British East India Company a virtual monopoly in the colonies.

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Tea Act of 1773

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Demanded that the destroyed tea be paid for.

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Boston Port Act

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Taxed items such as glass, paper, lead, and tea

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Townshend Acts

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Regulated colonial trade between colonies and with foreign nations

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Navigation and Trade Acts

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Forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachians

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Proclamation of 1763

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A series of acts, such as closing the port of Boston, designed to punish unruly Massachusetts

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Intolerable Acts

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Alerted colonies of British threats and promoted opposition toward Britain

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Committee of Correspondence

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Taxed the work of colonial businessmen, particularly lawyers and printers.

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Stamp Act

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British general who led the action against Quebec

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James Wolfe