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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > documents and acts shaping the American system of criminal justice > Tea Act of 1773

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Tea Act of 1773  

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  • After the French-Indian War, the British Crown enacted the Proclamation of 1763. This proclamation created a line intended to protect the colonists from Native American attacks and ease the Crown's role of protecting the colonists by prohibiting anyone from crossing over it. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Tea Act of 1773]

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