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The British issued a proclamation that Americans could not travel past the Appalachian mountains. The colonists were furious of their right of movement being taken away, and some ignored the line. Unrest 2 because although colonists were furious, they did not directly confront the British.

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Colonists move west of the Appalachian Mountains(1763)

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Colonists move west of the Appalachian Mountains(1763)

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Colonists completely ignore the British proclamation of 1763 and move west. Unrest 2 because they are not rebelling against the British directly, but settlers are just taking advantage of lax enforcement.

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The Paxton boys were a group of settlers who killed 20 innocent Indians in a frontier fort(1763). In 1764 they would march on Philadelphia and try to complain to the colonial assembly. Benjamin Franklin(seeing the possibility of a riot), managed to stave them off by promising their concerns would be listened to. Unrest 4 because they could have possibly rioted in Philadelphia, but generally came to express their ideals.

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In April 1764 the sugar act cracked down on smuggling and maintained high import duties on sugar. This would be the cause for the first "national" boycotts, therefore putting it at unrest 6.

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A less significant, but important act that restricted colonial independence by prohibiting them from printing their own currency. This angered many colonials and would help contribute to the founding of he sons and daughters of liberty. Unrest 4 because it was not the rallying cry for any boycotts.

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Colonials began to boycott British imports because of high import duties and a general feeling of unfairness. Unrest level 6 because this is the first time the colonies are coming together to make an impact on the British.

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Possibly one of the most loathed acts in all of British taxation. It taxed all paper publications from documents to gambling decks. Unrest level 7 because this act would generate a furious colonial response.

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The Virginia resolves were a list of resolutions passed by the Virginia colonial government in response to the stamp act. This directly opposed the British, regarding that only the governor and legislature could tax Virginia. This culminated in an unrest level of 4 because although highly important, it was highly local to Virginia.

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The Sons of liberty were a revolutionary group that resisted British rule in many ways, from passive to active resistance. They would be the men who would proclaim the colonial response to tensions in Boston. The unrest level is 6 because although they were important, and did provoke the British, colonists on mass did not care for them.

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Founding of the Daughters of Liberty(1765)

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Founding of the Daughters of Liberty(1765)

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The daughters of liberty were a group that resisted British rule via passive resistance. They boycotted British goods as well as hosted spinning bees to attract more support for the cause. Because they did not have giant amounts of numbers, they are an unrest level 4, although important.

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This was a congress in NYC that passed a resolution stating parliament could not tax colonists without representation. the effect would be minimal because the British would not listen to words. Unrest level 3 because of no actual resistance other than words in one colony.

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An insurrection in North Carolina that expressed fury at royal governor corruption and extravagance. The insurgency would last 5 years and could have been critical to the US revolution. However, it was isolated to NC and therefore is only an unrest level 5.

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This was a statement by parliament completely opposing the Virginia Resolves saying that Britain had the same taxing authority as the colonial governments. The direct impact of this was small, because no new taxes were levied and the stamp act was repealed. Unrest level 2.

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These were the acts that most infuriated the colonies of any taxes. Colonials reacted to these heavy taxes on paper, glass, print, tea, and other items with anger. National protests and boycotts meant this goes to unrest level 8.

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The Boston massacre was when a nervous garrison of British soldiers fired on a crowd of protesting/borderline rioting Bostonians. The impact would be the perfect propaganda by the Patriots and an unrest level of 6.

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The Gaspee affair was when the sons of liberty burned a British ship and took its crew captive. The courts then prosecuted the British ship captain for illegally seizing goods. Due to the boldness of this sons of liberty attack, an unrest level 6 was earned.

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This was one of the most important moments of the transition from rebels to an organized revolution as it united the 13 colonies(for the first time) in an American political union. This is an unrest level 8 because there is now large scale revolution being plotted.

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The tea act allowed the British to give the East India Company 100% control of the colonial tea trade. This was meant to calm to colonists by lowering the cost of tea, but had the opposite effect. This is an unrest level 5 because of widespread colonial resentment

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This was one of the first riots to be extremely bold and harmful to the British.. Colonials dumped 342 chests of tea into the ocean, and ruined a king's fortune in tea. This was an unrest level 7 purely due to the boldness of the attack and the British response of isolating Massachusetts.

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These acts were a bunch of laws that practically took away Massachusetts' right to govern itself. This was meant as an example for the other colonies to learn from. The sheer scale of punishing an entire colony makes this unrest level 8.

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This law required all colonists to allow British soldiers to stay in their homes. This outraged the colonists, who felt they were being surveilled, and was the direct cause for the 3rd amendment. The colonial reaction of anger makes this an unrest level 6.

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The Quebec act was passed in order to secure the loyalties of Canadian Quebec. It allowed Roman Catholicism and said it could no longer be persecuted. It did not win over Canadian setters to the extent the British hoped, but the Canadians never did join the 13 Colonies. This was an unrest level 3 because it was largely irrelevant to the US colonies, as compared with riots and taxes.

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This was called as a direct consequence of the intolerable acts. The congress debated and resolved that they were still British colonies, but that it was not legal or just for Britain to tax them without representation. Because this is a colonies-wide congress, this is a colonial unrest level 7.

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Lexington and Concord are often called the starting point of the revolution, and justly. These battles were a military consequence of all the recent tensions and colonials routing British soldiers culminates in an unrest level 9. The only reason it is not level 10 is that it is not a national event.

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This was signed at the second Continental Congress and stated that the British were tyrannical and that the colonies were declaring their independence. Delegates from all around the 13 colonies signed this document and made it a highly recognized document. This constitutes an unrest level 10 because of the national scale and implication of the document.