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Proclamation of 1763
*Issudsed by King George lll
*Great Brittians accusation of French territory in North America
*After the end (French ans Indian) seven years war
*Forbade all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
The Royal Proclamation continues to be of legal importance to First Nations in Canada and is significant for the variation of indigenous status in the United States. -
Sugar Act
-Tax imposed by British government on foreign goods imported into the colonies
-British reasons for this act was to get revenue to pay debts from the Franch and Indian war, and stop smuggled goods from paying British taxes.
-"Taxation without Representation" was the cry of colonists searching for liberty against British unfair rules.
-American merchants withdrew any commercial relation with Britain as a form of protest against the Act. -
Currency Act
-British Parliment passed this Act to control all the currency, and all the forms of currency in the American colonies.
-The act also forbidden the making of paper money in American colonies due to the colonies' short supply of gold and silver, and also, British merchants did not wanted to be paid with "depreciate paper money". -
Quartering Act
The British Parliament forced residents living in the American colonies to provide provision and housing for British troops.
The colonists hosted aseemblies, councils, and protests becauase it implied that it violated their 1689 English Bill of Rights. It resented British presence and would use their troops against them. -
Declatory act
The Declatory act was an act the parliament of great britain whoms intent was to affirm it's power to legislate the colonies " in all cases what so ever" and according to them "their words were law!" american colonists refused and ignored this act. the colonies took it downa deeper revolution route. this act accompanied the repeal of the stamp act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the sugar act. -
Repeal of the Stamp Act
The colonists began protests and riots that were againt the Stamp Act, soon these riots began to get out of control. The British Parliament began to have council meetings regarding these riots and the repealing of the Stamp Act. As it was repealed the people began to march and celebrate the accomplishment the American colonies has gained. -
Townshend Act
Townshend acts were a series of acts passed by the parliament of great britain, in purpose relating to the british colonies in north america. the colonies actioned by sendind a circular letter asking for support from other assembles, and refused to buy goods. british intent was to place taxes on goods imported to the americas. -
Tea Act
American colonists could buy no tea unless it came from the East India Company. The Tea Act lowered the price on this East India tea so much that it was way below tea from other suppliers. The American colonists saw this law as yet another means of "taxation without representation" because it meant that they couldn't buy tea from anyone else without spending a lot more money. Their response was to refuse to unload the tea from the ships. This was the situation that led to the Boston Tea Party. -
Intolerable Acts
Series of laws sponsored by British Prime Minister Lord North and enacted in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party. The laws were, impartial Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Bay Regulating Act, Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act. Rather than keep the colonists down, the Intolerable Acts stirred the revolutionary spirit to a fever pitch. -
Lexington and Concord
The begining of the American Revolution. Built a good force at Bunker hill. which was a tacticall defeat to the colonists. No one is still sure who fired first, but it was the "Shot Heard 'Round the World." Both sides opened fire, and the Americans were forced to withdraw. But they had slowed the British advance.
