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Proclomation Of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was meant to stop expansion into the west due to Great Britain fearing war with the native Indians it drew a line across the Appalachian Mountains, called the Proclamation Line, over which the colonists could not settle. This caused the colonists to be angered and irritated the colonists who could have expected to be able to have the land in the new territories. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act lowered the previous tax on molasses prohibited importing overseas rum and imposed taxes on wine, silk, and coffee but gave more power to the collection of the duties on sugar and other items. It made to increase revenue for Britain and also to deal with smuggling. The act did not sit well and led to merchants, legislatures, and town meetings protesting and colonial lawyers' protested with he chant of "taxation without representation". -
Currency Act
This act removed the power to issue colonial paper money and insisted that the colonies pay with gold and silver which were rare in the colonies. It wanted to prevent British merchants from getting colonial money that had little to no value. It brought economic problems in the colonies because of how scarce gold and silver were which made people feel resentment and anger. The colonists saw it as a way that Britain tried to regulate their financial freedom. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act made it so items such as newspapers, legal documents, Licences, pamphlets, and many other everyday items have revenue stamps on them. The colonial response to this was they became very hostile and many merchants started to protest the Stamp Act also caused rise to the group named "The Sons of Liberty" to also protest the Stamp Act with violence which caused trade with Great Britain to also decrease. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act made it so that the colonial had to accommodate British troops by giving them a place to stay, food, and water. The colonials thought it was a form of tax and some places like New York even refused to follow the Quartering Act -
Declaratory Act
Following the colonial protest, the British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed a Declaratory Act, asserting its full authority to make laws and statutes binding the colonies "in all cases whatsoever."Though the colonists were delighted that the Stamp Act had been repealed, the immediate reaction was one of rather sober and grim expectation, considering the Declaratory Acts and their fear of unlimited British power and control. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act made it so that imported items from Great Britain like paper, glass, lead, and tea had duties they would then use the money collected from this and give it to colonial officials and help the army in Britain stay in America. The colonial response to this was to make their own clothing make their own paper and stoped drinking tea as well as leading to heavy tensions in areas like Boston. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was an altercation between British troops and citizens that started off with throwing snowballs and later escalating ended with 3 people from Boston dead. The incident was seen as an act of tyranny and power from the British toword the citizens wich further fueld anti British propoganda. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party happened due to a Tea Act which was passed it made it so that the British Indian company was able to have a monopoly on the tea that was exported to the colonies and this led to undercutting the merchants to try and get rid of them. This led to a group of men that had dressed up as Indians to go onto three British ships and dump the tea. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
The Coercive Acts was a response from parliament due to the vandalism that had happened during the Boston "Tea Party". They first closed the port in Boston which they would not open until the tea that was dumped was paid for.They made a series of other laws to follow this such as the Quartering Act, Quebec Act, Administration of Justice Act, and Masechstes Act. This set of laws caused the colonists to be angered and escalated the tensions between the colonists and Great Britain -
Quartering Act 1774
The Quartering Act of 1774 now allowed British troops to be able to stay in private homes. Many colonists saw this as a breach of their liberty and rights. -
Quebec Act
This act expanded the southern border of Quebec as far as the Ohio River it also permitted Catholics their religious freedom and established French practices.
The act was viewed as one of the Intolerable Acts of Britain on the colonies. It also enraged protestants for the recognition of the Roman Catholic church.