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Discontent grows

By tijion

  • Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited Anglo American colonists from settling on lands acquired from the French following the French and Indian war. The colonial rebelled against this law.

  • Sugar Act

    The sugar act cut the duty on foreign molasses from 6 to 3 pence per gallon, retained a high duty on foreign refined sugar, and prohibited the importation of all foreign rum. The colonial responded with protest.

  • Quartering Act 1765

    The Quartering Act required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks provided by the colonies. The colonial renamed "The intolerable acts"

  • Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act taxed newspapers, almances, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice and playing cards. The colonial argued that there should be no taxation without representation.

  • Declaratory Act

    The Declaratory Act did asserted power to enforce taxes on British colonies in North America. The colonial were angry because the declaratory act meant that more acts would come.

  • Townshend Act

    The townshend act initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea. The colonial organized boycotts of British goods to pressure parliament to repeal the townshend act.

  • Boston Massacre

    The Boston massacre led directly to the royal governor evacuating the occupying army from the town of boston. The colonial were driven with anger.

  • Boston tea party

    The Boston party was the first significant act of defiance by american colonists. The colonial responded with protests and coordinated resistance by convening the first continental congress in 1774.

  • Intolerable Acts (coercive acts)

    The Intolerable Acts (coercive acts) authorized the Royal Navy to blockade Boston Harbor. The colonial decided to form a Continental Congress where representatives from all the American colonies could gather and discuss how they should collectively respond to the Intolerable Acts.

  • Quartering Act 1774

    The Quartering Act 1774 gave colonial governors the right to requisition unoccupied buildings to house British troops. The colonial were enraged by the Quartering Act along with the other Coercive Acts and they were quickly rebranded “The Intolerable Acts.

  • Quebec Act

    The Quebec Act guaranteed the freedom of worship and restored French property rights. The colonial deemed the Quebec Act equally as intolerable

  • Currency Act

    The Currency Act prohibited the printing and issuance of paper money by Colonial legislatures. The colonial reacted with protest.