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Proclamation of 1763
An Order in which Britain prohibited its American colonist from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. In effect the Colonist failed to comply with the law. -
Sugar Act
A law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses and other products shipped to the colonies, also called harsh punishment of smugglers. In effect the colonist started the saying "taxation without representation" -
Currency Act
The act required colonists to pay British merchants in gold and silver, rather than inflated colonial paper currency. This made it illegal for colonies to produce paper money. In effect mercantilism had created a chronic trade deficit for the colonies. The British were asking the impossible in demanding payments in gold or silver when colonial resources were continually being drained. The colonist continues resentment and refusal to pay. -
Stamp Act
British legislation required that all legal or official documents used in the colonies, such as wills, deeds and contracts, had to be written on special stamped British paper. First "direct tax" colonists paid to England and was Used to help pay for the war debt and protect the colonies.In effect petitions, protests, boycotts, non- importation agreements, radical groups such as "sons of Liberty' which organized violent protests. -
Quartering Act
A law passed by parliament that required the colonies to house and supply food for British soldiers. In reactions protest in colonial legislatures. Bitter feelings between the colonists and "redcoats". Led to "Boston massacre" in march of 1770 -
Stamp Act
Stamp act Congress representatives appeal to Parliament to repeal stamp tax. They were eventually successful as The stamp act was repealed in 1766 because the boycotts were hurting British trade. -
Declaratory Act
This act declared that parliament had the power to tax the colonies both internally and externally. Its also asserted that Parliament had the absolute power to make laws and changes to the colonial government. In effect the colonists ignored parliaments absolute powers and regarded it as an example of a corrupt government. -
Townshend Act
A series of laws passed by parliament that suspended New York's assembly and established taxes on goods brought into the British colonies. In effect the colonists were outraged and the instituted another movement to stop importing British Goods. -
Boston Massacre
March 5, 1770 - The Boston Massacre occurs when British troops fire into a Boston mob, who were demonstrating against British troops at the customs commission. The first to fall was Crispus Attucks, a fugitive slave and merchant seaman near the front, followed by four other men amongst the forty-fifty patriots. This event was later credited as the first battle in the American Revolution, which began five years later, and was used as an incident to further the colonists cause of rebellion. -
Tea Act
British East India Tea company has too much tea they can't sell. British government tries to hep by exempting them from the tea tax. The act was an attempt to conceal a tax by lowering prices for British team with reduced transportation costs. Another to raise revenue to pay off debt. In effect Sons of Liberty organize Boston Tea Party in December of 1773 and boycott British goods. -
The Boston Tea Party
Angered by the Tea Acts, American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians dump £9,000 of East India Company tea into the Boston harbour -
The Coercive Acts or The Intolerable Acts
June 2, 1774 - The Intolerable Acts, including the reestablishment of the Quartering Act, requiring colonists allow British soldiers into their homes, and the curtailment of Massachusetts self-rule, are enacted by the British government. Later led to the 3rd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits the U.S. Army from doing the same.
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The American Revolution
The American Revolution begins on April 19 when shots are fired between colonial militiamen and British soldiers at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. 273 British soldiers and 93 Americans are killed.