What response did these actions provoke from the colonists and why? The Intolerable Act limited the political and geographical freedom of the colonists. It was basically a punishment from the British to the colonist over the Boston Tea Party. The Stamp Act and Townshend Act was a tax on goods.
Answer:The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Explanation: It says it in our handouts we got last year.