1763-1774

  • Proclamation

    The Proclamation stopped the expansion westward of the Appalachian Mountains. It did this by making a boundary called the proclamation line that separated the colonies of the Atlantic Coast from the Native American land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act ended the smuggling trade of sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and to raise funds for the British.
  • Currency Act

    It banned colonies from printing paper money.
  • Stamp Act

    It put a tax on all paper documents and legal papers.
  • Quartering Act

    It raised the revenue from the British colonies in America . The colonists response was violent protest.
  • Declaratory Act

    It was a declaration by the British Parlament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act.
  • Townshend Act

    It was a series of 4 acts that were passed by the British Parliament to get authority over the colonies.
  • Boston Massacare

    It was a deadly riot between a British soldier and a group of colonist.
  • Boston Tea Party

    A polititcal protest where they dumped 342 chest of British tea into the harbor.
  • Quartering Act

    It improved housing options for troops station in the colonies.
  • Quebec Act

    It vested the government of Quebec in a governor an council.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Four acts made by British Parliament in response o colonial defiance.