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Royal Proclamation of 7 October 1763
Colonist may not settle west of the Appalachian mountains. This land is to be the Indian reserve. -
Sugar Act
First direct tax on the Colonists. It was -it in place to help pay the large war debt for the Seven Years War/French & Indian War -
The Quartering Act of 1765
Required the colonies to provide housing, food, bedding, and other essentials for British troops stationed in the colony. -
Stamp Act
Required all paper products in the colonies to have a tax stamp as part of them or as fixed to them. Essentially, attacks on paper. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
This act was paired with the repeal of the stamp act. It declared that Parliament had the power to make laws and levy taxes on all the colonies in North America and the Caribbean. This la making ability was an essential part of the British parliamentary system. The law remained in effect until 1964. -
Townshend Acts
A series of tax on various items designed to raise revenue for the crowd as an alternative to the hated sugar and stamp act taxes -
Tea Act
Parliament bells out the East India tea company. It gives the company the sole right to sell tea in the north American colonies. This creates a tea tax. The colonists respond with anger -
Boston Port Act of 1774
Close the port in Boston harbor until such time as the tea that have been destroyed in the Boston tea party was paid for including the taxes. -
Massachusetts government act
Massachusetts government act Provided that only the British government could determine that something was a crime or not a crime. -
Quebec Act
Created a government for the province of Quebec. Allowed the Québécois to keep their French law, ways of life, and the Roman Catholic religion. Also stated that all countries, lands, and Islands of North America belong to the British. -
Battles of Lexington & Concord Bridge
First armed military clashes of the American Revolution -
Battle of Bunker Hill
British attack Breed’s Hill to take/drive out cannon threatening Royal Naval ships in Boston Harbor.
