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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a document that was supposed to set the laws and regulations for the French territories in the US that France had abandoned. The colonists didn't really have too major of a reaction to this. The colonists primarily ignored it and some of them would protest the document, but the most of them ignored it. -
Currency Act
The currency Act was an act put in place to aid British merchants and protect them from the fluxuating value of paper money by using coins. The act prohibited the use of paper money to help avoid the issue of the fluxuations in the value of the currency. The colonists protested this vehemently and they would also refuse to pay. -
Sugar Act
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Quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering Act was an act that made it required for citizens of the colonies to allow soldiers to live in their homes if a soldier decides to stay in their homes. Colonists also had to pay for them to stay in their homes. The colonists were not happy with this and refused to allow soldiers that they know nothing of to live in their homes and have to pay for the extra occupant. -
Stamp Act
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Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was an act that repealed the Stamp Act and Sugar Act. The colonists were, for the most part, happy because they thought It was because of their victory over the Stamp and Sugar Act while leaders of the colonists were skeptical and thought it could mean more acts in the future. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act taxed goods that were imported to the colonies like food, linens, clothes, and vast quantities of other assorted goods. Just like any of the other tax acts, the colonists did not like this. The colonists started to boycott British goods, make their own goods within their homes as well as protest and refuse to import goods from Great Britian. -
Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, a riot broke out in Boston in which British soldiers were being attacked by citizens of the city. The British soldiers ended up shooting and killing seven of the colonists. In response to this, the colonists started to paint the British as violent and shine a negative light on them. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the British government taxing all British goods imported to the colonies. Some political figures as well as average citizens snuck into Boston Harbor disguised as the Native American tribe members and dumped all the tea the ships were transporting into the harbor. This protest was all a response to the taxes that were being implemented by the British government. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of government actions taken because of protests by the American colonists. This would include the Quartering and Quebec Act. -
Quartering Act of 1774
The Quartering Act allowed the British soldiers to stay in the colonists' homes and the individuals that own the home would have to make sure the soldiers were accommodated properly as well as to pay for the soldiers to live there. This act had been previously revoked but was then reinstated. The colonists refused to comply with the act because it violated the 1689 Bill of Rights, and it was unjustified taxation as well. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was an act that made a government province in the territory of Quebec. The colonists had mixed reactions in response to this. The French were okay with it but the Americans felt England was being too lenient with Frence.