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Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 prohibited English settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. This was done to prevent future wars with the natives, the English did not want to spend any more fighting wars in North America. The colonists were outraged by the proclamation, they believed that the land was theirs because of the war they just fought. -
The sugar act
The sugar act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, and it also retained a high duty on foreign sugar. The American colonies imported large quantities of molasses to make rum. England wanted to make sure that they bought it from the sugar plantations of the British West Indies.. It provided for a strongly enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the American colonies from non-British Caribbean sources. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses and the houses of sellers of wine. -
The stamp act
Part of the revenue from the Stamp Act would be used to maintain several regiments of British soldiers in North America to maintain peace between Native Americans and the colonists. British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help replenish their finances after the costly Seven Years' War with France.the British Parliament passed the “Stamp Act” to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years’ War. -
The Boston Massacre
British Private Hugh White and a few colonists outside the Custom House in Boston on King Street. The argument began to escalate as more colonists gathered and then they just started hurting, throwing sticks, and snowballs at Private White. The presence of British troops in the city of Boston were increasingly unwelcome. -
The Boston Tea Party
In the 1760s, Britain was deep in debt, so British Parliament imposed a series of taxes on American colonists to help pay those debts. The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed colonists on virtually every piece of printed paper they used, from playing cards and business licenses to newspapers and legal documents. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The citizens of Boston not only viewed this as an act of unnecessary and cruel punishment, but the Coercive Acts drew hatred toward Britain even further. Great Britain hoped that the Intolerable Acts would isolate radicals in Massachusetts and cause American colonists to concede the authority of Parliament over their elected assemblies -
Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act, passed in March 1774 closed the Port from all commerce and ordered the citizens of Boston to pay a large fine to compensate for the tea thrown into the river during the Boston Tea Party. An Act to discontinue in such Manner, and for such Time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, at the Town and within the Harbour of Boston, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, in North America. -
Administration of Justice Act
Administration of Justice Act, also called Murder Act, British act (1774) that had the stated purpose of ensuring a fair trial for British officials who were charged with capital offenses while upholding the law or quelling protests in Massachusetts Bay Colony. -
Massachusetts Government Act
The Massachusetts Government Act was a deliberate effort by England to reign in and punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party and other acts of colonial resistance. The harsh Act revoked Massachusetts’ Charter of 1691, which had permitted a high degree of local autonomy and self-rule. The Act revoked democratic rule in Massachusetts which was restored to the King and consolidated under the royal governor, who was granted the sole power to appoint and dismiss the Provincial Assembly. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act of 1774, a law passed by the British Parliament impacting the Canadian province of Quebec, contained several provisions related to religious freedom. Quebec had been settled by the French but had come under British rule in 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War—or the Seven Years’ War, as it was known in Europe.