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The Proclamation of 1763
Article posted February 11, 2009 at 08:13 PM GMT0 •
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The outstanding finish of the French and Indian War in 1763 was in need of great celebration in the colonies, for it removed several ominous barriers and supplied a host of new opportunities for the loyalists. The French had efficiently hemmed the British settlers and had, (from the perspective of the settlers), played the "Indians" against them even though in the end the British won anyways.
But the next thing on the minds of British army was the western frontier (that being one of the new opportunities) that had opened to them when the French ceded the neutral territory to the British. The royal proclamation of 1763 did much to lighten that celebration.
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Article posted February 11, 2009 at 08:13 PM GMT0 •
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Sugar Act
Article posted February 10, 2009 at 08:40 PM GMT0 •
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I King George III,
Will raise taxes and in return from us we will do our best to defend, protect, and secure all citizens of the British. We will improve and secure the trade between the same and always great British! Where as it is important that new regulations should be established for improving the revenue of this kingdom.
By Thomas Hutchinson
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Article posted February 10, 2009 at 08:40 PM GMT0 •
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Boston Massacre
Article posted February 6, 2009 at 06:12 PM GMT0 •
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I was very dissapointed in the Boston Massacre. I did everything in my power to prevent it. The killing of five townsman by the British soldiers was terrible. I wrote to Lord Hillsborough "Boston is pitched into a perfect frenzy, and the Provence as a whole is on the edge of civil war." It is not in my poweer to remove the King's soldiers.
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Article posted February 6, 2009 at 06:12 PM GMT0 •
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