Related DOCS

You will find here some documents referred to, directly or indirectly, in the Haldimand Collection (Papers)

  • The Royal Proclamation (October, 7, 1763) (*)
  • The Quartering Act: established on May 24, 1765. (*) The King sent lot of British  troops to Boston. The colonists had to house and feed them.
  • The Currency Act (*)
  • The Stamp Act (*)
  • The Sugar Act (*)
  • The Rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved – James Otis (1764)  (*)
  • The Quebec Act: established on 20 May, 1774. (*) This bill extended the Canadian borders to cut off the western colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Virginia
  • The Administration of Justice Act: effective May 20, 1774. (*) British Officials could not be tried in colonial courts for trial. They would be taken back to Britain and have a trial there.
  • The Boston Port Bill: effective on June 1, 1774. (*) The King closed Boston Harbor to everything but British ships.
  • Massachusetts Government Act: effective on May 20, 1774. (*)
  • The Declaration of Independence (1776) (*)
  • Common Sense – By Thomas Paine (1776) (*)

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