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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British. It was issued to get to peace with the Native Americans, so that the British didn't fall into more debt. This made it where the colonist couldn't go past the Appalachian crest/mountains this was know as the Proclamation line.
The colonial response was that the colonist became very angry because they wanted to go to the new land they had just conquered but they weren't aloud to. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act. It went from 6 pence er gallon of molasses to 3 pence per gallon. The Sugar Act listed items like, sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric, and printed calico, etc.
The colonial reaction to the Sugar act was they were not happy with it because it disrupted their economy by reducing the colonies market, and the amount of currency they could have. -
Currency Act
The colonies always had a currency shortage that they could use for trade. Since there were no gold/silver mines they had to get currency from Great Britain but it was regulated. This is when they started to make their own paper money but there was no value to base the notes on. So Parliament passed the Currency Act so they couldn't make their own money.
The colonial reaction to this Act was that they protested against because they didn't like it. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was Parliaments first good attempt on gaining governmental control over the colonies. They did this Act because Britain was in a lot of debt and need to get out of it, and it was from the Seven years war. It included almost EVERYTHING that the colonists used in their everyday lives.
The colonial reaction was a big threat and they almost revolted. -
Quartering Act
This Act was passed so that the British soldiers had a place to stay with the colonies. The colonies had to provide barracks for the soldiers and if the barracks couldn't hold them all then the colonies had to provide them a different place to stay like at a hotel.
The colonial reaction was that they didn't like and it wasn't because they had to house the soldiers it was because they were being taxed to actually make the barracks. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was passed when the Stamp Act was repealed. The Declaratory Act was passed to give Parliament the right to pass binding laws and this included taxes. So while the colonies celebrated their victory of getting rid of the Stamp Act the Declaratory Act came right back at them.
The colonial reaction to this Act was very angry and sad because they had thought they got a victory and as soon as they thought that the Declaratory Act came around. -
Townshend Act(s)
The Townshend Act was four acts where Parliament wanted full authority over the colonies. It also taxed the goods that were imported to the Colonies.
The Colonial reaction to this act was upsetting because the British were again trying to have full control over the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
It was a riot from the colonist against the British soldiers. The colonist started throwing snowballs, sticks, and stones at the soldiers. 5 colonist were killed and three were injured. The colonist didn't like the soldiers because the soldiers were enforcing the tax laws.
The colonial reaction was that it made the colonist even angrier and made the want to fight back even harder. -
Attack on Gaspee
on June 9th, 1770 The Gaspee ship landed at a place now know as Gaspee point so a Man named John Brown planned an attack on the British ship. They captured the crew and wounded Lieutenant William Duddington, they were taken ashore and then John Brown and the others looted and then burned the ship.
The colonial reaction to this attack was that they took the attack as a way to unite the colonies against the British government. -
The Boston Tea Party
This was a political protest because the colonist were mad and the British about having no representation in Parliament, so the threw 342 boxes of tea, that were from Britain, into the sea.
The colonial response was very good because this was their first big act of defiance to the British. -
The Coercive Acts
These Acts were a response to the Boston Tea Party. It was from the British to make an example of Massachusetts to like warn the other colonies no to rebel.
This caused more tension and eventually sparked the American Revolution.
