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writs of assistance
The writs of assistance act was passed for people to stop smuggling. The reason of why they were doing that was because taxes were added to trading, and the people were not happy with the thought of having to pay taxes. Since people were not satisfied with having to pay taxes, they decided to start smuggling. They also started to protest and boycott. The writs of assistance was significant for it to end smuggling. -
grenville acts
The grenville act was passed as a punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea party, it was a way of mercantilism. The colonists were obviously not happy with that so their response was to start smuggling, started big protests, and said " No Taxation Without Representation".
The colonists said this because they thought they shouldn't be taxed if they were not going to be represented the right way. The grenville act was significant to extend the navigation acts -
treaty of paris
The treaty of paris was to end the french and indian war, and to have peace between the french, indian and colonists. The people were happy because they were able to have peace and had land. Everyone was happy since there was no war, that is why the treaty of paris is significant. -
proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 began after the french and indian war, it was to ease the tensions with the indians. The colonists were not happy with this act because that meant they were not gonna be able to get any land for themselves. The proclamation of 1763 was significant because it helped have a alliance with the Indians. -
trade and navigation acts
The trade and navigation acts were passed for mercantilism. The colonists were not happy with this act because they were being taxed. The colonists reaction was to start smuggling. These laws were important because it was to put restrictions on imports and exports. -
stamp act
The stamp act consisted on taxing all forms of paper, this was to get out of debt from war. The colonists were not content with this act because they thought it was a unfair request when they weren't the ones who started the war. Those who refused to pay or could not show that they bought the paper, would have to go to prison. Since the colonists did not agree with the stamp act, they started to boycott and protest against it. -
quartering act
The quartering act was passed to show who is in control and consisted of soldiers being able to stay at colonists house if it was needed. The people were not happy with this act because they thought it was unfair and not the right thing to do since they were being forced to have someone stay at their house without permission. The quartering act was significant because it helped feeding and taking care of the soldiers who probably needed somewhere to stay. -
declaratory acts
The declaratory acts accompanied the repeal of the stamp acts, this act was also passed to show power and to let people know who is in control.the colonists were not satisfied with this, so their response was to do more protests and boycott. The declaratory act was significant because the british declared they could tax anyone whenever they wanted. -
townshed acts
The townshed acts were seens as an abuse of power by the one who had no control, they would add taxes to lead, tea, glass, paint, and paper. The reason why this act was passed was to again, get out of debt from the war, and the colonists were not happy at all with this, so they started to boycott. this act is significant because it was to help pay to govern American colonies -
no importation agreement
The no importation agreement was a boycott that restricted the importation of goods to Boston. The people were not happy with this because it gave more trouble to the colonists. This is significant because it was the colonists protesting British imports. -
intolerable acts
The intolerable acts was passed because of the colonists dumping tea to a river, people were not happy. The result of the colonists response was to create the first continental congress, this was the colonists last straw and what made them start to decide if they should become their own nation or not. The intolerable acts were significant because it is what started the thought of becoming our own nation/ country
