02 orig 13 british colonies1

Elise Woodliff Act's timeline

  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act
    Directed at trade between England and Colonies, The couldn't use Foreign ships for trade and couldn't send certain products. Colonist got around this by illegaly smuggling goods.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    Set Appalachian mountains as a temporary western boundry for colonies. Colonist and speculators who owned land west of the Appalachians became furious.
  • Sugar act

    Sugar act
    Lowered the taxes on impoted molasses. Let officers seize good from smugglers without going to court. Colonist became mad.
  • Stamp act

    Stamp act
    Placed a tax on almost al printed goods. Patliament texing colonist directly. Also taxed without consent placed a resolution.
  • Declaratory act

    Declaratory act
    Stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for British colonies in all cases. This Angered the Colonist.
  • Townshend act

    A tax on only imported goods. By this time any British tax Angered Colonist. They Organized a boy cott.
  • Tea act

    Tea act
    Let company sell tea directly to shope keeprs and bypassers rather tahn colonial merchants who normally distributed tea. New boy cott by colonists.
  • Coecive Acts

    Coecive Acts
    Harsh laws inted to punish Massachusetts people for resisting British laws. This took away certain righs Colonist paid for ruined tea because they closed the british harbor.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act
    Set up Quebec goverment also gave them west of the Appalachin Mountins and Northbof Ohio river. Colonist expressed feelings in their name for new laws.