Match the following acts to their respective descriptions.(4 points) Put responses in the correct input to answer the question. Select a response, navigate to the desired input and insert the response. Responses can be selected and inserted using the space bar, enter key, left mouse button or touchpad. Responses can also be moved by dragging with a mouse. Mercantilism Intolerable Acts Stamp Act Proclamation of 1763

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Here are the matches for the acts to their respective descriptions:

  1. Mercantilism - An economic policy under which nations sought to gain wealth by regulating trade and using colonial resources primarily for the benefit of the mother country.

  2. Intolerable Acts - A series of punitive measures enacted by the British Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party, aimed at suppressing colonial resistance.

  3. Stamp Act - A 1765 law that imposed a direct tax on the colonies, requiring that many printed materials be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.

  4. Proclamation of 1763 - Issued by King George III, this proclamation forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains in order to stabilize relations with Native Americans.

You can now match the descriptions accordingly!