Steps to the Revolution

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Steps To The Revolution
Legislation
 Date
What it did
"Intolerable Acts"
 1774
 Closed port of Boston
Sugar Act
 1764
 Lowered tax on sugar, molasses, and other
products, but tightened customs enforcement
Stamp Act
 1765
 Taxed certain types of documents
Declaratory Act
 1766
 Stated that Great Britain had the right to tax the colonies
Proclamation of1763
1763
 Set boundaries for western settlements
Tea Act
 1773
 Gave East India Tea Company the sole control to tea trade
Townshend Acts
 1767
 Taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea