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Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 dampened the celebration of the British win of the French and Indian war. It was put into effect to calm the fears of the Indians who were worried that the colonists would drive them out of their land. The proclamation also established four new colonies. Quebec, East and West Florida, and Grenada. When arguement began to break out between the English and the Indians, the King decided to side with the Indians and decided to create a boundary. -
Sugar Act 1764
In 1733, the Sugar and Molaasses act had been passed. In 1764, it was about to expire. The molasses act had required to pay 6 pence per gallon of molasses. The sugar act reduced the tax on molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence. It also raised taxes on foreign goods such as sugar, wines, and coffee. This reduced the colonies' markets to which they could sell. This act, and the Currency Act, set the stage for the revolt at the beginning of the Stamp Act. -
Currency Act of 1764
The colonies suffered a constant shortage of currency with which to manage trade. On september 1st, Parlaiment took control over the situation of currency, which had been a problem among colonies, by issuing the Currency Act. The colonies protested against this. They suffered trade deficit with Great Britain. They feared that the 'hard capitol' would further situate the colonies. -
Stamp act
An act applying certain duties, and other duties, in the British colonies towards further providing money for the expenses of protecting, and securing such parts of the several acts of parliament relating to the trade of the colonies as direct the manner of recovering the penalties mentioned. -
Quartering act of 1765
During the Quartering Act, several regulations were made and enacted for the better government of the army, and their observing strict discipline, and for providing quarters for the army. It is a series of rules indicating requirements for billing to and from figures of authority in the colonies. -
Stamp act of Congress 1765
A series of rules regaurding the comparisson to rules given to the Colonists to rules given to Englishmen. These rules also regaurd political figures and the colonies. -
Declaritory act
An act for the better securing the dependency of the king's control in America upon the crown and parliament of Great Britain. After a series of votes and orders, the authority of Great Britain (Parlaiment) has issued the Declaritory act. This basically says that the colonies have to depend on Great Britain. They're not allowed to become independent. -
Townsend Act
This act established taxes for the colonies to raise E 40,000 a year for the administration of the colonies. This resulted in crowds mobbing the customs office, forcing the officials to retire to a British Warship.
