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Proclamation of 1763
After the French and Idian War the American Colonies were excited to use the new westren frontier, but the Proclamation of 1763 said the colonies weren't allowed to expand on the new land. The British told the Colonies that this was just a precaution to assure the Native Americans that they weren't driving them out of their land. But the Colonies thought that it was just to keep them along the east coast so they could be easier to control. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The Sugar Act ruduced the rate of tax on molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence per gallon. But, this also listed other goods to be taxed and made other exports more regulated. In the colonies, this caused a decline in the rum industry. This really mess up the colonies econmy. -
Currency Act of 1764
Now in the colonies there was no common currency to use and there was a lot of confusion. This was because any trades were regulated by Britain so it was hard to make trades. Britain wanted to control this so created this act to prohibit the issue of of new bills and the reeuse of the old ones that the colonies had been improvising with. The British made the new "hard money" and abolished bills. The colonies didn't like this and had a trade deficit. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The parliment's first serious attemp to assert government athority. Britain was really in debt after the Seven Years War (Or the French and Indian War) adn the people in Britain were ready to revolt. This required the American colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The colonies viewed this as a way to raise money in the colonies without thier approval. The British said it was a way to help raise money for pretecting the American Frontier. -
Quartering Act of 1765
British officers wanted to be provided for and payed for their quartering and they wanted the British to do something about it even though the war was over they didn't need to be provided for anymore. That is basically what the Quartering Act did. The colonists didn't like this because it violated the Bill of Rights that sforbid taxation with Representation. -
Stamp Act Congress 1765
This was when 27 delagates from 9 colonies went to New York to discuss their dislike for this Stamp Act. But Britain needed to tax more even though the colonists thought it was a direct violation of their rights. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
This Act stated that the British Parliment's taxing athority was the same in America as in Great Britain. And it mollified the angry colonists who were starting boycotts that were hurting British trade, by reapling the Stamp Act. But, it also hardened it's principle by asserting Britains complete athority over America. -
Townshend Act of 1767
These were a series of four acts that were to assert more authority over America by collecting revenue. The British did this to show athority and eventually, all these parts lead up to the Revolutionary War.
