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Proclamation of 1763 (October 7, 1763)
Once the British got the land from the Treaty of Paris the colonists loved the idea of new land but the Proclamation of 1763 reserved the lands that were west of the Appalachian Mountains for Native Americans and didn’t allow the colonists to settle there and restricted trade, unless they had a traders license, licensed by the British government. This caused the Colonists who wanted to move inward to fear overpopulation. -
Sugar Act (April 5 1764)
Parliament aimed to end the colonists smuggling in sugar and molasses. Parliament tried in the past, the Molasses Act of 1733, which had failed. The Sugar Act reduced molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, taxed sugar, certain wines, coffee, etc. Colonial vessels had to state their cargo and destination. The Royal Navy patrolled the coast, smugglers would also be tried in an admiralty court. The colonists boycotted by smuggling goods in and protested saying no taxation without representation. -
Currency Act
Colonial governments were prohibited to supply paper money, so all taxes and debts paid to British merchants would be in British currency. The colonists protested against this strongly, they already had a trade shortage with Great Britain and feared the currency act would make it worse. Whoever was thought to have smuggled or violated the currency act in another way would be sent to the admiralty court where they held a hearing, which would be favorable to the British interest, not the colonist. -
Stamp Act
Colonists were taxed for every page of printed paper that they used, playing cards, dice, and newspapers. If the colonist forged a stamp they could be faced with death and if it didn't have a stamp they would charge 10 sterling. The colonists started to form mobs, then made custom agents leave their office and even destroyed the stamps. These malicious acts caused the Stamp act to come to an end. -
Quartering Act 1765
Colonials had to give shelter, food, water, and transportation to the royal troops stationed in their towns or villages. The act was strongly disliked, in New York specifically there was a lot of outward defiance. Due to the defiance it caused the suspending act, New York couldn’t run any business till they complied with the Quartering Act of ‘65. But due to all the protests the Quartering Act ended in 1770. -
Declaratory Act (March 18, 1766)
The parliaments taxing authority taxing authority was the same in America as it was in Britain. Parliament made the Declaratory act after repealing the stamp act, but they made it stricter. Whatever Parliament said they could do, they had an absolute right to tax the colonists. The declaratory act didn’t majorly upset the colonists until the Townshend act was created. -
Townshend Act (June 29,1767)
Parliament put taxes on goods imported into America such as glass, lead, paper, and tea. The idea was that putting taxes on goods were legal, while the stamp act wasn't. The colonists didn't think this was fair and they thought Parliament was abusing their power, so they boycotted them and caused violence, a form of that being the Boston Massacre. -
Boston Massacre
American rebellion against taxes, it started off as nonviolent but escalated to a angry mob. This led to guns going of and causing 5 civilian's to die. This infuriated the colonists, making them create propaganda and paint the British as violent to warn and give incite to the public.