• forbade British settlers from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
• many settlers ignored the law
• The French and Indian War put Britain deeply into debt.
• British Prime Minister George Grenville persuaded Parliament to pass the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act.
Stamp Act (1765): taxes placed on all legal documents, newspapers, cards, calendars, dice, etc.
Sugar Act (1764): taxes put on sugar, coffee, indigo, and molasses
• The colonists protested, and were most angry about “taxation without representation”.
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