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The Proclamation Of 1763
The Proclamtion of 1763 was issued by the KIng of England. It set the bounderies of the 13 colonies to the Apapalachian Mounts, forbidding the colonists to settle any further to the west.
The British saw this as a temporary solution, until they could negotiate with the Native Americans on the boundaries of the land. The colonists ignored this, thinking the land was their birthright, and went on claiming it for themselves. -
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Road To Revolution
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The Sugar Act of 1764
The Sugar Act was a modified version of the old Sugar and Molasses Act (1733) which was about to expire. The Sugar act now changed the tax of 6 pence per gallon of forgein molasses to 3 pence. The old tax of 6 pence was very unsucessful, and not many enforced it, but with the new Sugar Act, there would be strict enforcement of this tax, and more goods to be taxed. -
The Currency Act of 1764
The colonies often suffered a constant shortage of currency to conduct trade. As a solution, the colonies began printing their own money, that had complex rules due to the fact that there were no common regulations. After much confusion, Parliment later passed the Currency Act, forbidding any colonist from making their own currency, and enforcing the old currency used.
The colonists protested the act vigorously, while the british saw it as a good way of controling another aspect of the colonies. -
The Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act enabled a tax on all printed paper in the colonies.
The colonies saw this act as a way of the british using the colonies to raise money, rather then conduct trade. The british thought that the colonists shoud have to pay for at least part of the war, and thought it was fair to tax them as such. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering Act outlined the conditions in which the british soldiers were to find housing in the American Colonies. This act forced the colonists to house the soldiers in baracks provided by the colonies.
The colonists disliked being commanded rather then being asked for their consent, while the British thought it resonable for the colonists to pay to build barracks for their own protection. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress were delegates from each colony (only 9 showed up) that met to try and figure out a way to appeal the stamp act.
The colonists saw this as a way of trying to come together and create a solution to the taxation, a solution that would finally get the King's attention. The British saw it as an act associated with wanting power. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
The Declaratory Act said that the British government had full authority over the colonies, and would be able to tax them just as they could tax people living in England.
The british wanted to show that they had full authority over the colonists, while the colonists themselves thought this ment that more taxes and laws were coming, that would try to abolish their self-government. -
Townsend Act of 1767
The Townsend Acts were four acts passed by British Parliment to assert authority over the colonies.
The British attempted with this act to gain political power over the colonies, while the colonies protested, and eventually stopped buying British imports.
