Timeline of Acts

By potato man

  • Proclamation of 1763

    This stopped colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian mountains. This helped settle ties with Native Americans. Colonists were not happy that their freedom was restricted and that they couldn't be in their own land. They ignored this law and still went past the mountain.

  • Sugar Act

    Increased duties on sugar, textiles, coffee, wine, and dyes to pay off war debt. The colonists were not happy because they said it was a restriction of their justice so they boycotted the goods that were taxed and started to smuggle sugar.

  • Stamp Act

    The British taxed various papers in order to replenish war debt. They taxed items such as newspapers, playing cards, and documents. The colonists were not happy so they boycotted British goods and started riots and attacks on the tax collectors. The colonies organize the stamp act congress to fight back.

  • Quartering Act

    American colonies had to provide British soldiers with housing and food. The colonists were not happy that they were being taxed to house the army.

  • Declaratory Act

    This repealed the stamp act and said that Britain had the exclusive right to legislate on and tax its colonies. The colonist was upset because they knew that more Acts would be coming in the future.

  • Townshend Acts

    Placed taxes on imported British goods such as paper, paint. lead, glass, and tea to pay off war debt. The colonist were still upset that they were being taxed so they boycotted the goods.

  • Boston Massacre

    British soldiers shot and killed multiple while being harassed by a mob in Boston. The colonist continued to rebel and it eventually leads to the Boston Tea Party.

  • Tea Act

    The British began to tax tea because it was so important to the colonies. The colonists were not happy so they boycotted the tea and threw it into the harbor which is known as the Boston tea party.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Colonists were not happy about the Tea Act so they went to the harbor and dumped gallons of British tea into the water. This angered the King so he made the Coercive Acts or the Intolerable Acts.

  • Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

    The king was mad at the colonist. This included many Acts that the colonists hated including the Quarantining Act. The colonist was not happy. They began to unify against the British rule.