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Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 told the colonists where they where allowed to settle. The British government didn't people moving west and fueling Native American and French resentment. The colonists did not like the proclamation because they were already planning on expanding westward so they just decided to disregard the proclamation so they ended up expanding settlement to the west of the colonies. The British Government didn't really do anything to fight back against the colonists. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act actually decreased the taxes on sugar but increased the enforcement of tax collecting. They did this by inspecting cargo of ships and just making sure that each colony was paying its taxes. The colonists did not like this even though they were paying less but the real reason they were mad was because they never really paid taxes on sugar in the beginning but now that there was more enforcement, they protested. These protests didn't really hurt the British. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act in colonial america that made sure that every Deed, Will, marriage license, contract, almanac, pamphlet and broadside, legal documents of all kinds, insurance policy, ship's papers, license, and even playing card and dice had to be written on a specially stamped paper that showed you paid the tax. The colonists did not like this so they committed a large scale boycott on British goods which caused the British Government to repeal the act. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required the colonies to let British soldiers live in the colony's barracks. If the barracks was to small, the soldiers were put in local inns and ale houses. The colonists yet again did not like this new act and they claimed that it violated the Bill of Rights 1689 which said that there is no taxation without representation. The British also ended up repealing the Quartering Act along with the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act in 1770 -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend acts did four things, one they suspended the New York legislature until it complied with the Quartering Act of 1765, two they imposed import duties on tea, lead, paper, paint, and glass,three they allowed tea to be imported to the colonies free of the taxes that were levied in Great Britain, and four they restructured the customs service in the colonies. The reaction from the colonists was that they boycotted British goods that got the British government to repeal it.
