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Currency act
During the French and Indian War, the American colonists made a lot of their own currency, like bank notes, but the British legally stopped allowing or accepting those as money to phase them out. That meant the colonists did not have very much cash currency at all, since the British money was not very circulated. -
Proclamation of 1763
Britain made reservations for the Native American tribes, which meant that the colonists couldn't use land that they had access to before. They couldn't use any of the wood or trade products found on the reserved land, which lead to them violating the act regardless. -
Sugar act
The sugar act taxed lots of sugar products and made stricter laws around it. Also, the taxes were higher than they were before, making colonists protest the higher prices. -
Stamp act
Great Britain started taxing paper goods like cards, dice, and ads very highly, but because of the Currency act they couldn't use the bank notes or state currencies that they had before. Since they had so little actual money, they would not be able to actually pay the taxes to the extent the government said to. -
Quartering act 1765
The Quartering act forced a lot of colonists to keep soldiers in their homes without being paid, or not being given very much, even while there was no war happening. People thought that it was against their rights to do this and it angered colonists. -
Declaratory act
The Declaratory act came in and did away with a lot of America's small elections for their government and made it easier for Britain to govern them. The colonists thought this was taking away their representation in Great Britain. -
Townshend act
The Townshend act put more taxes on things like tea and made the laws about trade much stricter. They had to pay much more for some imports and exports and they were more carefully watched by the government, which made them less allowed to do trading like before. -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was the day that British soldiers in the area after colonists were throwing snow and other items at them as a protest against their presence and Britain. Soldiers killed multiple people and shot at a large crowd. Colonists were scared of the soldiers and continued to protest. -
Boston tea party
Several of the colonists in Boston disguised themselves as Natives and dumped many many crates of tea into the Boston Harbor. More protests came from this and Great Britain tried to make the colonists pay for the tea. -
Intolerable acts (coercive acts)
After the things happening in Boston, 4 acts against the colonists that were in favor of the British soldiers and office holders that could travel to different courts and making the colonists have a lot fewer rights on who is in their governments. They thought they were taking their representation. -
Quartering act 1774
As a part of the Intolerable acts (coercive acts) the colonists had to house soldiers again, but there were more people that would have to give housing and they could be told they were required to take them in. The colonists started protesting again and tried to stop them from making more housing. -
Quebec act
The act gave more land to Canada and made it so that colonists in the British colonies did not have as much land, and had more British government positions in the colonies. The colonists wanted to rule themselves and have more land and angered them more.