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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 is the written constitution stating that British colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Speculators were frustrated because they had previously paid for land claims that the British ignored. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act lowered the taxes on imported molasses. The British officials hoped that this act would persuade colonists to pay for the tax instead of smuggling. This act also allows officers to seize goods from smugglers without going to court. The colonists believed that this act violated their rights. -
Colonial Currency Act
The Colonial Currency Act declared that all colonists use the same type of money. This caused the colonists to have a constant shortage of gold and silver to conduct trade. The colonists suffered a chronic shortage of funds. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act put a tax on almost all printed material such as stamps, newspapers. The printed material had to have a British Stamp on them in order for the British to apply it. This angered the colonists because British taxed them without their consent and because of this tax, they had many protests and boycotts. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act forces colonists to supply British soldiers with their homes, firewood, food, etc. This caused the colonists to became furious, causing a protest and other assemblies. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act is when Parliament declares its power over the colonies "in all cases whatsoever". The colonists reacted by not celebrating in the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts put a tax on imported goods such as glass, tea, paper, etc. at the port of entry. At this time, any type of tax from Britain angered colonists. Groups were formed to boycott this tax such as the Daughters of Liberty. The Daughters of Liberty told colonists to wear and make their own clothing and produce their own goods rather than buy British goods. There was also non importation of British goods. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act allowed the East India Company to sell tea directly to the shopkeepers and Americans. This reduced the jobs in the tea ports. The colonists reacted to this by having the tea destroyed in Boston on December 16, 1773 (also known as the Boston Tea Party). -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of British laws, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain 1774. Four of the acts were specifically aimed at punishing the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. They reconstruct Massachusetts government, restricts town meetings, troops quartered in Boston, and British officials accused of crime were sent to Canada or England. In return, the colonist had the first Continental Congress Meeting and another boycott of British Goods. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act of 1774 was British Parliamentary legislation that enabled the continuance of the French Civil Code, granted Roman Catholics citizenship, allowed the Catholic Church free practice and collection of tithes, and expanded Quebec's territory to include much of what was then claimed by America. The colonists were very mad about this act, as it became the Intolerable Acts since it didn't allow them to have land that they were going to have. This was the start of the Revolutionary War.
