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Proclamation of 1763
British Parliament created the Proclamation of 1763 to slow the expansion of the colonies to avoid conflict with Native Americans. Source: Choices Reading -
Navigation Act of 1651-1763
A set of taxes that controlled trade in the Americas. The British Government only allowed America to trade with them and no other country. Source: Choices Reading -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a tax on all imported molasses. The Sugar Act also increased smuggling to avoid the British Tax. The British increased searches and navy sizes to discourage smuggling. Source: Choices Reading. -
Stamp Act
British parliament created a tax that required Americans to pay tax on every printing paper they used. Source: History.org -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required American Colonialists to house British Soldiers even if they refused. Source: History.com -
Townshed Acts
British Parliament created a tax on the import of glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. The Townshed Acts affected Colonial Merchants and caused an uprising. -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed 5 people while under harassment by locals. Source: Textbook -
The Boston Tea Party
Protesting the Townshed Acts, a group of colonists disguised themselves as Native Americans, and dumped the tea cargo of three ships into the Boston Harbor of Massachusetts. British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts because of the Boston Tea Party. Source: Textbook -
Intolerable Acts
In reaction to The Boston Tea Party the British Parliament passed laws that banned any self- rule in Massachusetts. The Act also closed the Boston Harbor. Source: textbook
