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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 created a border to prohibit British colonists to settle west of it. This line was drawn on the Appalachian moutains, this served to appease the Native American Indians and assure them that Britain would be less harsh about conquering their land. -
The Sugar Act
The new Sugar Act halved the tax on the tax on imported molasses, kept a high tax on imported, refined sugar, and oulawed importing rum. This Act served to end smuggling of molasses, and sugar by the colonists from the French, this is effective, but its cost was greater than its pay. This act may have decreased the colonists' smuggling, it made their economic situation worse. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act was passed by British Parliament in 1764 and gave British government the authority to take control of the various currencies of the colonists. This act criminalized the creation of any novel bills and the recreation of existing currency. This Act was passed as a result of the colonists' consist lack of money, which created a lack of trade, which damaged the motherland. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act passed by British Parliament which required a costly stamp on nearly every paper material the colonists used. Pamphlets, appeals, letters, petitions, bails, appointments, law documents, all of these were taxed by the government. Stamps were everyday in colonist life, and the colonists didn't have enough British currency to pay this fee, and if they didn't pay, they would just get charged even more as a penalty fine. -
Quartering Act of 1765
In 1765, British Parliament passed the Quartering Act. The Quartering Act was a law which outlined where British solidiers were allowed to take room and board in the homes of American colonists. This Act required Americans to provide food and lodging for any British soldier living in their home. -
The Declatory Act
George III aproved Parliaments motion to repeal the Stamp Act, a reviled law passed which threatened the English economy itself. This Act was passed because many parties in Enlgand disagreed with the act, the colonists hated it because it was a threat to their financial liberties, and British Merchants hated it because it threatened trade both to and from the mother country. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was passed by Parliament to assist Britain in financially supporting the colonies. The Townshend Act placed taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. As expected, this outraged the colonists, and was one step closer to the war breaking loose. -
Boston Massacre
Building tension continued to escalate, an angry party of 60 townfolk went to the British Customs House, British soliders were called in to control the crowd, but the crowd only grew more clamorous and volatile. Eventually, without consent from their commander, British soldier fired into the crowd, killing 5 men. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is easily the most popular act of defiance from the colonists, involving an estimated 92000 pounds (weight, not money) of tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor. This was a significant protest in the face of Parliament's recent laws imposing "taxation without representation" onto the colonists. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Parliament doubled down on the colonists after their rebellion, passing the Intolerable Acts to "preserve the peace", these Acts were direct response to the Boston Tea Party, and they are as follows: the Boston Port Act, the Administration of Justice Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Quartering Act, and the Quebec Act. These acts made colony life even worse, serving as a direct punishment for the event sof the Boston Tea Party. -
Quartering Act of 1774
Parliament punished the colonists for the Tea Party in the form of an even more infuriating Quartering Act. The Quartering Act of 1765 only required colonists to provide lodging for soldiers. On the contrary, the Quertering Act of 1774 required the colonists to house high ranking government officials such as the royal governor. This Coercive Act was another step towards revolution. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act of 1774 was an act passed by British Parliament in order to revoke the Proclamtion of 1763, which was a promise to not colonize further west of the appalchain mountains.The Quebec act was passed to woo the "French-speaking majority of Quebec". This Act reinstated French Civil Law as well as British Criminal Law.