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Navigation Acts
The colonists were trading with other countries besides England. The Navigation Acts forced the colonists to trade with only England. The colonists became angry, ignored the act and smuggled goods. -
Stamp Act
England needed to pay off their debt in the French and Indian war. Their idea was to create an act that waould tax the colonists on all legal documents untill they could pay off their debt. This was the first act that impacted consumers. Colonists held public protests in Boston. The Sons Of Liberty was formed and government houses were burned and looted -
Sugar act
The british did not want to compete with the Dutch to trade with the colonists. They taxed sugar and molasses and ordered the colonists to stop trading with the Dutch. The colonist boycott all British goods. -
Quartering Act
The King of England had trouble housing all of his soldiers in the colonies. He ordered that the Colonists give the soldiers their best room, their best food and anything they want. Those who did not comply were punished. The colonist disputed the act and rebelled. -
Townshed Acts
Colonists were smuggling goods to try and get around England's Navigation Acts. The townshed Acts were put into place to stop this. The Townshed acts taxed British imports, and allowed soldiers to search your house without your permission and take you house if they want. This led to the Boston Massacure and more British troops were sent to Boston -
Tea Act
The British East India tea company was not making enough money, so England tried to tax the tea the colonists bought. The colonists did not want to give England a monopoly over all their products, so they boycotted any tea that came from England. The colonists also reacted with the Boston tea party. -
Coercive Acts
After the Boston tea party, the angry English parlament added four new acts to the colonies. They shrunk the colonial government, closed Boston's ports, expanded the quartering act and allowed tried British soldiers to be brought to England. The colonists rebelled against this law and all future laws as a result -
Quebec Act
Noticing that the colonists, mainly in Massachusetts, were planning a rebellion, England had to do something. The Quebec act allows for some religious tolerance, and land west of the mississippi as an attemp to win the colonists over. The act, however, also tries to stop rebellion in Massachusetts. The colonists protected Massachusetts and formed the first Continental Congress and discused forming a united resistance. This was part of the Coercive Act -
Declaratory Act
England repealed the Stamp Act, and the colonists were happy that their anger was heard. The Declaratory act was published right after, only to remind the colonists that England still had control over them. The colonists became upset again and England continued to create more acts.