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The Currency Act
The acts were passed by British government to protect British merchants from being paid in depreciated colonial currency. The banned the colonies from issuing paper money because of inflation and the different type of money used all over the U.S. The Currency act created tension in the colonies because it was seen as an attempt by the British government to gain control of the colonies monetary policies. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was written by the British crown after the French and Indian War to protect the Indian land from settlers. The settlers that were already settled there have to leave. The colonies did not like this Proclamation because it prevented them from expanding their territory and from having better farmland. -
The Sugar Act
The British wrote the act to end the smuggling trade of sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and to increase their money to fund the British Empire after the French and Indian War.The colonies protested the act by boycotting British luxury imports and they stated the West Indies would not be able to give them all they sugar and molasses they needed. -
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The Quartering Act
The Quartering act made it so the colonial authorities had to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British soldiers stationed in their towns or villages. It was another way for the British to assert their authority over the colonies. The colonies resented the act because they had to pay for taxes for the barracks during peacetime, meaning their taxes were going to waste. -
The Stamp Act
The British Parliament passed the act to pay for the troops staying in the colonies during the French and Indian War. The act required the colonists to pay a tax on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. The colonists did not respond well some actually responded by participating in boycotts of British goods, riots, and attacks on the tax collectors. The Sons of Liberty were also formed in Boston as a protest against the act. -
The Declaratory Act
The Declaratory act was a way for the king to express that even though he took away the stamp act, he still have full control over the colonies and could pass any laws he wished to. The colonists were also told not to question his or Parliament power. The act was not concerning to the colonists until 1770 when people started claiming it was a symbol of parliamentary tyranny. -
The Townshend Acts
Parliament passed this act to tax the colonies on British china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea imported to the colonies. The British taxed the colonies on so much because they needed the money to fund the aftermath of the French and Indian war, but the colonists did not react well and the Daughters of Liberty, formed as a result of the Townshend Acts and they organized boycotts against British goods. The British sent in troops to collect the taxes and ease the protestors.