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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the colonies from expanding westward of the Appalachian mountians.
British: The containment of settlement brought assurance that land disputes with Native American tribes would not arise again.
Colonists: Britain took away the prize of winning a hard war and penned them up on the coast like wild animals. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The Sugar Act of 1764 reduced the tax on molasses, but added a tax on other products like sugar and was strictly enforced.
British: The tax is reduced to compensate the addition of other products, and it protects the overall econmy of the British empire.
Colonists: The tax ruins the rum trade in the colonies, and therefore reduces trade with some of the regions that by colonial rum, but also other products made in the colonies like lumber and flour. -
Currency Act of 1764
The Currency Act of 1764 abolished all forms of colonial currency motes other than hard official pound sterlings from Britain.
Britain: The Act brings order to chaotic currency system in the colonies and ensures that British merchants retain profit and certainty in their currency.
Colonies: The Currency Act puts the colonies into a trade deficit with Britain as a result of a lack of gold and silver in the colonies. The Act allows Britain to further control the colonial economy. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act forced the colonists to use only stamped paper for any commercial or legal paper, as well as many paper products.
British: The Act brought more money in to support the heavy military operations in America.
Colonists: The tax went too far without consulting colonial representatives before passing and enforcing the tax. -
Quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering Act made the colonists pay for and biuld barracks for the British troops.
British: The Act reasonably makes the colonies help to pay for their protection by providing housing to troops.
Colonies: The Act forces them to pay for someone else's military and invades the privacy of their homes. -
Stamp Act Congress 1765
The Stamp Act Congress brought the colonies together to solve the issue they faced of Britian's ever-increasing Acts of Parliament.
British: The Congress was an act of disobedience on the part of the colonies and they had no right to interfere in Parliament's actions.
Colonies: The colonies wanted to come together because they realized that if they acted s one, they would have a chance of changing their fortunes with England. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
The Declaratory Act showed Parliament's muscles by being more forceful with the colonies about the following and passing of laws.
British: The Act ensures that the colonies stop fooling around with trying to govern themselves.
Colonies: The Act shows harsh British imperialism and their unwillingness to work with the populous of the lands they rule. -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Act iposed a tax on many products that were imported to the colonies, inderectly taxing the colonists.
British: The Townshend Act would help to pay for expenses in the colonies while avoiding the wrath of colonial leaders.
Colonies: The colonists felt that Parliament was abusing the British constitution to tax them unnecessarily.
