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Proclamation of 1763
This prohibited colonists to settle wast of Appalachian mountains. This was supposed to help protect the colonist from hostile encounters with Natives, but the colonists did not listen and still settled over there. -
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Quartering Act
This required colonists to house British soldiers in their house. The colonists had to feed them as well. This was disrespectful. The colonists did not want to have to share their home. They did not comply with this law at all. This law actually is in direct correlation with our constitution. The Third Amendment states we do not have to house soldiers. The Third Amendment was born because of this act. -
Sugar Act
This is a revamped version of the Sugar Act of 1733, but this one was was harder to dodge so you had to pay more taxes on things like sugar and molasses -
Currency Act
This gave Britain complete control over the colonists' money. They were not allowed to make their own bills. This made trading with Britain even harder because the already lacked hard currency, and getting that currency was even harder. This was made by parliament because they did not have to regulate colonial money instead they just got rid of its values -
Stamp Act
They passed this act to help pay for the seven-year war. This taxed the colonist directly. legal documents and printed materials had to have a tax stamp provided by a commissioned distributor. Other things like playing cards, dice, pamphlets, and deeds were also taxed with this act. -
Townshend Act
This taxed a lot of goods being imported from Great Britain to the colonies. This was to help fund Britain after they had fought the French for the colonists, but the colonists without proper representation saw this as unjust and an abuse of power. This taxed tea, glass, lead, paint, and paper -
Declaratory Act
This act repealed the stamp act, but then stated that Britain has complete control over the colonies' laws. The colonists weren't happy that Britain did not respect their bodies of government. -
Tea Act
This gave Britain a monopoly on the teas being imported into the colonies. This is what led to the Boston Tea Party. By this point taxes on a lot of other goods remained but parliament kept the tea tax. This made the colonists dress as Mohawk Natives rowboat up to British ships and dump three ship's tea into the harbors. -
Intolerable Act
This was passed as a response to the defiance of the colonist. This act included the New Quartering Act which again let soldiers use the unused buildings for housing. They stationed a large number of troops in Boston and the Patriots responded by stopping the repairs of the old buildings. -
Boston Port Act
This was in response to the Boston Tea Party. The British closed off Boston's port and demanded almost one million dollars. The colonist responded by sending supplies to Boston and regrouping and supporting the city and each other. Instead of isolating Boston to make them weaker it brought them closer. -
Quebec Act
This gave French Canadians religious freedom and restored French civil law. The colonists in the now US were outraged. They saw this as a threat because the British crown did not respect their claim of the Ohio Valley. They thought Britain was trying to drive a wedge between the Canadian colonies and the now US colonies