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the proclamation of 1763
the proclamation of 1763. Sighted by king George the III of England. Prohibited any English settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
the sugar act of 1764
this act increased duties. On imported sugar and other items such as textiles, coffee, wines and indigo dye. these items were taxed on import. -
stamp act of 1765
in March, the stamp act was passed by parliament imposing the first direct tax on the American colonies. To offset the high costs of the British military organization in America for the first time in 150 years. Old history of the Americans will pay tax not to their own local legislators. In America but directly to England. Under the stamp act. All printed materials were taxed including newspaper, pamphlets, bills, legal documents, licenses, almanacs, dice and playing cards. -
Townshend acts
in 1776 the English parliament passed the Townshend revenue acts imposing a new series of taxes on the colonists to pay. for the cost of administering and protecting American colonies. items taxed included imports such as paper tea glass lead and paints. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre occurred when a mob harassed British soldiers. Who then fired their muskets pointblank into the crowd. killing three instantly mortally wounding two others and injuring six. -
Boston tea party
on the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of men called the sons of liberty. went to the Boston harbor. The men were dressed as Mohawk Indians. they boarded three British ships. the beaver the Elanor and the Dartmouth and dumped 45 tons of tea into the ocean. -
intolerable acts
the intolerable acts or the coercive acts. were a series of laws sponsored by British prime minister Lord north. Then enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston tea party. -
Boston port act
Closed the port of Boston in 1774. until the price of the dumped tea was recovered. moved the capital of Massachusetts to Salem and made Marblehead the official port of entry for the Massachusetts colony. -
Massachusetts regulating act
made all law officer subject to appointment. They can be appointed by the royal governor. and banned all tow meetings that didn't hear approval from royal government. -
impartial administration of justice act
Allowed the royal governor of a colony. to move trials to other colonies or even England. if he feared that juries in those colonies wouldn't judge a case fairly.