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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 closed settlement along the Appalachian crest, and kicked people out of the Native Lands. The colonists were unhappy and they continued to expand westward. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act required colonists to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses. Few protest were held, and Samuel Adams led a boycott where protesters refused to buy certain British goods. Overall the colonists were annoyed. -
The Currency Act
The Currency Act banned colonial paper money, and prohibit the extension of paper bills beyond its date of redemption. Colonial governments petitioned its repeal and it was ultimately revised to allow colonial legislatures to print bills to cover cost and to be used as legal tender. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required colonist to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The colonist held boycotts, riots and attacked tax collectors. Ultimately it was repealed. -
The Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required colonist to house and accommodate British soldiers. This angered the colonists because they wanted to be asked and then give their consent, thus they refused to comply with the act. -
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
The Sons and Daughters of Liberty organized protests against the acts passed by the British Parliament. They helped keep the boycotting of goods continue and stood for independence. -
The Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act stated that the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. In addition, that all votes, orders, and proceedings made by the colonies or plantations were null and void (useless) to all in purposes whatsoever. The colonist were unhappy due to their loss of power. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that began as a street brawl between American colonists and British soldiers that quickly escalated to the slaughter of the colonists. It further enraged colonists already weary of British rule and unfair taxation and roused them to fight for independence. -
The Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts required colonist to pay taxes on goods imported to the American colonies. The colonist were unhappy due to no having representation in Parliament, and saw this as an abuse of power. -
The Tea Act
The British government was trying to bail out the East India Company, which is a key factor in the British economy, not to raise revenue from the colonies. But the colonies didn't want to accept duty on tea and refused. -
The Boston "Tea Party"
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest. The colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians, sneaked up on the british's boats, and dumped 342 chests of British Tea into the harbor. This event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. -
The Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a punishment from Britain to make sure the tea that the colonists dumped over. The Boston Harbor was closed to trade unil the owners of the tea were compensated, town meetings were banned, and the authority of the royal governor was increased. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 colonies, in which, delegates from each colony except for Georgia met to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts.
