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Navigation Acts
It directed the trade between England and the colonists. The colonists first accepted the laws but then they cane to resent British restrictions. -
Proclamation of 1763
To set the Appalachian Mts. as temporary boundary for the colonies. This angered the colonists because they wanted to move on the other side of them for more land because land means power and money. -
Sugar Act
It lowered tax on imported molasses;let officers seize goods from smugglers without going to court. The colonists believed that this violated their rights as english citizens. -
Stamp Act
Placed a tax on almost all printed material, including newspaper, wills, and playing cards.....everything needs a stamp. This interffered in colonial affairs by taxing the colonies directly, also taxed colonists without their consent. -
Declaratory Act 1766
States that Parliament had right to tax and make decisions for British colonies. Parliament repealed the act, and was placed so that England would not lose face for giving into the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
Haves taxes only to imported goods: glass, tea, paper and you had to pay at entry. The colonists organized a boycott and urged colonists to make own goods. -
Tea Act
Company a virtual monopoly or sole control in America;directly to shop keepers and bypass colonial merchants. the colonists stopped shipment of tea and shoved crates of tea of boats into the harbor. -
Coercive Acts
They would punish people of Massachusetts for their resistance to British laws. This angered the colonists so they created the first continental congress. -
Quebec Act
Set up government and gaeve Quebec area west of Appalachian Mountains and north of Ohio River. The colonists expressed feelings in their name for new laws.
