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Stamp Act of 1765

Created by the British government, this placed a tax on stamps that would be used on most paper goods including legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets...

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Currency Act of 1764

The Currency Act of 1764 prevented the American colonies from creating their own currency.

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Boston Port Act of 1774

The Boston Port Act closed the Port from all commerce and ordered the citizens of Boston to pay a large fine to compensate for the tea thrown into the...

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Parliament - An Act Repealing the Stamp Act; March 18, 1766

Passed on March 22, 1765, the Stamp Act, which required all paper goods to be taxed, caused an uproar in the American Colonies. Many colonists...

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Resolves of the Pennsylvania Assembly on the Stamp Act, September 21, 1765

The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed printed materials to generate revenue to pay for the British soldiers stationed in the American colonies after the French...

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The Massachusetts Government Act; May 20, 1774

After the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliament issued a series of acts known as the Intolerable Acts, or the Coercive Acts, to punish...

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The Mecklenburgh Resolutions : May 20, 1775

Allegedly written on May 20, 1775, the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence declared that the people of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina were...

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Letter from Lieutenant-Governor Colden to the Earl of Dartmouth; June 1, 1774

Lieutenant-Governor Cadwallader Colden (1688 – 1776) was one of the multiple acting governors of the Province of New York throughout the 1760s and...

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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress

The First Continental Congress issued this statement that codified colonial objections to the Intolerable Acts and listed other grievances against the...

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The Currency Act of 1764

To protect British merchants and creditors from depreciated colonial currency, this act regulated currency, abolishing the colonies' paper currency in...