-
The Proclamation of 1763 was created to reserve the western territory of the United States for the use of Native Americans. This angered the colonists, because they no longer felt like they had the right to move westward and expand their colonies. -
-
Created taxes on items such as molasses, wines, silks, coffee, and other items that were considered luxury.
The colonists protested stating “No taxation without representation.” Merchants in the colonies feared that this would ruin their businesses horribly. Colonists protested the law. -
-
This basically caused paper bills to be discontinued in the colonies, and made currency illegal.
This burdened the colonies' economy so they continued to print paper money. -
-
This act caused there to be a tax/revenue on items such as newspapers, licenses, leases, pamphlets, and other official documents of all kind.
This type of tax angered the colonists because the British laws are now becoming a constant burden and hassle to the colonists. They have now affected their everyday life by making them pay for just about everything they use. They even organize "The Sons of Liberty" and the "Stamp Act Congress" in order to protest. Colonists have now become hostile. -
-
The colonists are now forced to house the British soldiers that are being sent from England in need be. Additionally they must feed them too.
The colonists are upset that they are having to house the British in their own homes. -
-
The British create this act in order to be able to pass any laws over the colonists. The colonists did not act to much in protest about this Act because they were just relieved that the burden of the Stamp Act was repealed. -
Colonists are forced to pay important taxes on tea, glass, oil, lead, paper, and paint. During this time, the colonists brought about the non-importation agreement, where they agreed not to import British goods. -
-
British soldiers in the colonies shoot at a group of men and boys who were said to be taunting and mocking them. The troops involved were tried for manslaughter. -
British created the Tea Act in order to help save the East Indian Company from financial failure. After the Townshend Act was repealed all except the tax on the tea, Sons of Liberty dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea chests into the harbor as a form of protest. Ultimately this caused the shutting down of ports in Boston by order of Britain. -
As a result of the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed the Intolerable Act, which demanded that colonists must not meet together in public unless approved by the royal governor. Additionally it stated that if a British official was accused of a capital crime the trial must be transferred to England or a different colony.
As a response to these Acts the Colonists organize and assemble the First Continental Congress to create the Suffolk Resolves. -
-
This act requires the residents of Massachusetts to allow British soldiers to live in their homes and that they must feed them.
The colonists obviously did not like the idea of housing someone that was part of a government that they clearly despised. With this act you have to remember that the soldier that was housed was now the head of the household. What they said went. So if they wanted to “court” (or do other things) your young daughter, there wasn’t really anything that could be done. -
-
Quebec land extends into the Ohio River area and gives anyone of Catholic religion or Indians to have a set of guaranteed rights. At this point the British really just wanted to ally with the French Canadians and keep them happy to gain their trust and allegiance. Basically, they gave people that had no relation to Britain rights however they still ignored and neglected the rights that were supposed to be inalienable for the colonists. -
revoked royal proclamation of 1763
-
Create Declaration of Independence.
(signatures of delegates that signed the Declaration)