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Molasses Act
Imposed a tax of six pence per gallon of imported molasses and rum from non-English colonies. The colonists protested and said the Indies couldn't produce enough molasses. -
Proclamation of 1763
This act kept the colonist from settling west of the Appalachian to avoid conflict with the natives. There were plenty of eager settlers that really didn't follow this law. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act of 1764 reduced the Molasses act from six pence to three pence in hopes to calm settlers, but this was counter-productive because of the other tax that was put into play such as the Sugar Act. They started cracking down on smugglers which made more people try to smuggle. At the the same time, England also stated the trade of timber from the colonies should be only to the mother country. This also levied the taxes on wine, silks, coffee, and other luxury items. -
Stamp Act
This is a direct tax that required newspapers, broadsides, pamphlets, licenses, leases and other legal documents to bear revenue stamps. The colonist formed non-importation associations. They had boycotts and then this made the London Merchants form together and say stop taxes. -
Quartering act
This said that colonists had to let British soldiers stay at their houses and give them an accommodations they needed. Colonists were furious and demanded the act be repealed. It was repealed in 1770. It lead to a bunch of street brawls and the government refused to build barracks. -
Declaratory Act (American Colonies Act)
This repealed the Stamp Act and lessened the Sugar act. This act demanded that all colonies belonged to the mother country under all circumstances. The colonists began to really want to fight for their freedom and wanted to have secession from Britain. -
Townshend Act
Instituted by Charles Townshend and passed by the English Parliament. This gave England back the money they were missing out on from the repeal of the Stamp Act. It was made to collect revenue from the colonists by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. They had mobs, boycotts and lots of violence. -
Boston Massacre
This was when the colonists began to throw snowballs at British soldiers and it turned into an attack. Three colonists were killed. -
Townshed acts repealed
All tax from the Townshed acts except tea is lifted. -
Virginia Resolution
The House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia reacts strongly against British policies by setting up a committee to contact the other colonies about their common defense. This resulted in the Virginia Resolution which established a Committee of Correspondence. -
Boston Tea Party
People in Boston decided they had had enough of the tax on tea. They stole tea off a British ship and dumped it all into the harbor. The American colonists were happy to show they they were not willing to be stepped on anymore, but the British were furious. -
Coercive Acts
These compilation of acts contained, The Boston Port Bill, which banned the loading/unloading of any ships in Boston harbor, The Administration of Justice Act offered protection to royal officials in Massachusetts, allowing them to transfer court cases involving riot suppression or revenue collection to England, and lastly The Massachusetts Government Act put the election of government officials under the control of the Crown, essentially eliminating the Massachusetts charter of government. -
2nd Quartering
Required colonists to house soldiers no matter what. -
Paul Revere's ride
This is the event where the famous lines "The British are coming." came from. The next day 8 Minutemen were killed at Lexington and the British took 273 casualties on their return from Concord. This would be the unofficial beginning of the American Revolution. -
Quebec act
Allows French settlers there and also allows and acknowledges Catholics being able to live there.
