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Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation stated that the 13 Colonies could not expand westward past the Appalachian Mountains. The Colonists were angry about this and drew conclusions such as The British want them to be where they can be watched. They headed westward anyway and it was pretty much impossible for the British to enforce this Proclamation. Image: Ramsey, Dustin. “The Road to the American Revolution.” SlidePlayer, SlidePlayer, slideplayer.com/slide/10497693/. -
Sugar Act
The British was in severe debt after the French and Indian war and thought that the best option would be to tax things going into the American colonies hence, the Sugar Act. Tariffs were implemented for sugar, wine, coffee, and many other imports of the American Colonies. Colonies began to boycott these products in protest against the Mother Country's taxes. Image: http://teachnet.eu/tobrien/about/revolutions/the-american-revolution/boston-tea-party/ -
The Stamp Act
First direct tax on American Colonies and was justified to help pay debt from the French and Indian War. It placed a tax on many things like, newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, etc. The response from the colonists was the Declaration of Rights.They repealed the Act in 1766, the British responded with the Declaratory Act. Image:Revive 1775 Editor. “The Coercive Acts - The Intolerable Acts.” Revive 1775, Revive 1775, 14 Apr. 2014, revive1775.com/coercive-intolerable-acts/. -
Declaratory Act
This Act was passed after the Stamp Act Congress in 1766 of which repealed the Stamp Act within the colonies. The British responded to the Colonists with the Declaratory Act. This put lawmaking and the passing of said laws into the hands of British authority taking away their self government. Image: Olguin, Kendal. “Kendal Olguin Timeline.” Timetoast, www.timetoast.com/timelines/kendal-olguin. -
Townshend Act
A new taxed placed over the American colonies for a wide variety of things like, glass, lead, paints, paper, silk, tea, and more general goods. Reactions were those similar to the Stamp Act for the colonists, non-importation was once again passed which forced the colonist assemblies into action. Image: Wikipedia Editors. “Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 24 June 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Townshend,_2nd_Viscount_Townshend.
