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The end of the French and Indian War
The war ended with the French creating the Treaty of Paris and agreeing on dividing the French's land in North America. The British were happy that they finally got the land they need to expand but since the war, Great Britain has been in debt and they need to find a way to regain their losses at the time they made the Proclamation of 1763 to keep away conflict with the colonists and the Native Americans because they didn't wanna have to deal with another war. -
Sugar Act
The sugar act was made because the molasses act expired after the war. The molasses act had originally taxed molasses and rum from the British West Indies, since that act expired Great Britain Parliament creates a new act called the sugar act, which taxed all sugar that was imported to America. This was the first act that was placed on the colonist and at the time the colonist was in an economic depression so they couldn't afford these taxes they were outraged. -
Currency Act
The currency act was the second act Great British Parliament placed on the colonies this was the most impactful act on the colonies. This act was an attempt to take control of the monetary system of the 13 colonies to ban conical paper money in America the colonial government released bills/public credits nonofficial money that was backed by tax collection. The colonists were very angry because this meant that every thing they purchased they would be taxed on for the public credits. -
The Stamp Act
The stamp act was the third act Great Britain's parliament put on the colonies taxing every piece of paper they used even dice, pay to prove you paid for it the paper used you would have a special stamp on the piece of paper, but if you used a paper without paying you will suffer death and if you modify the stamp you would have to pay a fine of 10 pounds. The colonies were outraged about this new act because it violated their rights. -
Quartering Act
The quartering act was the fourth act to be placed on the colonies by Great Britain's parliament which required all thirteen colonies to house British troops. The reason why these acts were made was an act that let British troops stay in the Province of New York had expired on January 2, 1764. -
The Repeal of the Stamp Act
Great Britain's parliament soon repealed the stamp act, not because of the colonies but because of the London merchants that weren't making any money if they didn't repeal the act then the GB would soon face finical ruin so they repealed the stamp act and other acts but at the same time placed another act the declaratory act. This act proclaimed that the British Parliament has the same power and authority over America as they do over Great Britain many colonists celebrated others were outraged. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend acts a new act created by the British parliament to impose duties on British china, glass, paint, paper, lead, and tea that were imported into the colonies materials that couldn't be produced by the colonies -
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The Boycott of British Goods
After the Townshend act was made some influential pamphlets started popping up all over the colonies like the “Massachusetts Circular Letter”. Soon these pamphlets influenced the colonies to boycott British goods with the help of the Sons of Liberty a secret society of business leaders the boycotting began in 1768. By 1769 nearly 2,0000 British troops arrived in Boston to restore order soon the tension between the colonist and the British troops snapped leading to the Boston Massacre in 1770. -
The Repeal of the Townshend Acts
Across the sea, during the Boston Massacre Lord North, the Prime Minister of Great Britain asked the parliament to repeal the Townshend acts. In April all Townshend acts were repealed except for the tax on tea many colonists are still very angery with this. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonist are still outraged because the tax on tea still hasn't been removed so many angry colonists dressed up as Native Americans and threw about 90,000 pounds worth of tea off the ship -
The Intolerable Acts
These acts were created by the British Parliament to punish the Bostonians and to restore order to MA. These acts were the Boston Port Act which closed the Boston port until damages from the tea party were paid the Massachusetts Government Act restricted democratic town meetings the Administration of Justice Act made British troops immune the criminal prosecution in MA the Quartering Act required the colonist to house troops the Quebec Act extended the freedom of worship to Candian Catholics.