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Timeline (1607 (1651 (1689 (1754 (1763 (1764 (1765 (1767 (1770 (1773 (1774…
Timeline
1607
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1651
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1689
1754
1763
1764
1765
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stamp act - required colonists to purchase special stamp for every legal document, license, etc. colonists who disobey were to be tried
Sons of liberty - protest against stamp act( one founder is Samuel Adams)
sugar act
- halved the duty on fireign made molasses
-placed duties on certain imports
built more tension
- proclamation of 1763
- banned all setlement west of appalachians to avoid conflicts with natives
- built tension between the british government and colonists
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Salutary Neglect - england relaxed its enforcement of most regulatons in return for the continued economic loyalty of the colonies
Roger Sherman suggested
Great Compromise, which offered a two house congress to satisfy both small and big states
- pleased both those who supported states right and those who supported government
Legislative make laws, executive carry the laws, and judicial interpret the laws