BRITISH POLICIES
Proclamation Act of 1763
Stamp Act (1765)
Quartering Act (1765)
Townshend Act (1767)
Tea Act (1773)
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COLONIAL REACTIONS TO BRITISH POLICIES
Boycott: Colonists refused to purchase British goods as a form of protest against British policy. Led by women in the colonies. “No Taxation without Representation”: Battle cry for the American colonists who resisted British tax policies because the colonies were denied representation in British Parliament. |
Sons of Liberty: A Boston protest organization. Led by Bostonian Samuel Adams; believed that England did not have the right to tax the colonies.