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Townshend Act
British chancellor Townshend introduced this act, which enacted duties on colonial goods. This furthered the divide between colonists and the British. -
Proclamation of 1763
reserved all the western territory between the Allegheny Mountains, Florida, the Mississippi River, and Quebec for use by Native Americans, which halted western expansion and took away the colonists' claim to land. Because of this the colonists were angry. -
Sugar Act
Outlawed imports of foreign rum, lowered duty on molasses, and levied taxes on many luxury items. This was protested by colonists. -
Currency Act
This act prevented colonists from using paper bills of credit, making it a burden on the colonists, who were short of hard money. -
Quartering Act
This act required colonists to provide royal troops with provisions and barracks, which heavily upset the colonists. -
Stamp Act
An act in which stamps were to be used on all newspapers, broadsides, pamphlets, licenses, leases, and other legal documents. The money was used to protect the colonies. -
Declaratory Act
This act asserted the authority of the Parliament to make laws binding the laws in all cases whatsoever. -
Boston Massacre
Incident where citizens and British soldiers tensions boiled over into violence, which helped spark revolution -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists protested against the British where they dumped tea into the Boston harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
Closed Boston's port until the tea was paid for. Caused outrage from colonists. -
Quartering Act
Mandated colonists to provide housing to British soldiers. This was not received well by the colonists. -
Quebec Act
Extended the Quebec territory.