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- All land west of the Appalachian mountains is unpurchasable
- Meant to force colonists to stay in the colonies and make them depend on Britain instead of going west for more resources
- Britain didnt want to spend money protecting the colonists from Native threats if they fled west because it requires more money they don’t have
- Colonists were outraged as it infringed on their freedoms and rights as they had helped in war before
- Many colonists disobeyed the act and left for the west anyway
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- Enforced all payment to be made in British currency, colonial governments cannot issue paper money
- Made to help control inflation and reduce debt as colonial currency was worth less than British currency, leading them to pay less than they owed
- Most Americans did not have access to hard currency and instead traded for what they needed, so with the prohibition of printing paper money many colonists suffered
- Act created problems for the economy as more hard money went out than came in
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- Imposed stricter trade controls and tax rules on sugar and rum
- Intended to control the cost of British goods through indirect taxes on merchants
- Parliament wants to make it harder to avoid paying taxes, so they enforce changes to keep better track of cargo
- Instead of buying from British traders, molasses was smuggled illegally in from the Spanish West Indies and other foreign sources
- Knocked the colonies’ economy as it got harder to get goods through customs
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- Enforced taxes on many paper goods, such as newspapers, pamphlets, calendars, etc
- Meant to raise money to help pay for the army in that protected Western colonies from Native threats
- Meant to raise money to help pay debt from the French and Indian War
- Colonists who already suffered from the Sugar Act developed a movement against Parliament
- Led to a Stamp Act Congress in 1765 where a document was produced to challenge the authority of Parliament
- Led to the formation of the Sons of Lib
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Parliament establishes that American colonists must provide housing, financial support, and necessities to British troops stationed in the colonies to decrease the cost of maintaining armies. This led to many colonists flat out refusing to station soldiers. In response, the British government suspended the New York council for 6 months.
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- Gives British government has full authority to pass laws in the colonies
- Warns of what would happen if the colonists continued to rebel against Great Britain
- Colonists who had previously celebrated the repealing of the Stamp Act are taken back to square one as they realize the British still have control– their small victory is meaningless
- Meant to command power, however it further unified the colonies against Great Britain and urges them to fight
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Parliament imposes new taxes on imports of glass, lead, paint, tea, and paper to the colonies. This prevented colonial legislatures from using the power of the purse and upset colonists.
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British soldiers fire on a Boston crowd, killing five and wounding six. This angers the colonists as the conflict has now been turned towards violence. John Adams defends the soldiers in court, and all but two soldiers are acquitted for murder.
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On December 16th, 1773, colonists in Boston disguised as Native Americans board three ships, dumping 342 canisters of tea into the Boston harbor as an act of protest against parliament. In response, the British government closed Boston harbor to trade and infracted a series of laws meant to punish the colonists.
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Parliament enforces a series of acts to punish American colonists for acts of rebellion such as the Boston Tea Party, restricting trade with Europe and leading to a large economic hit in the colonies. The colonists continued to protest and even considered war.
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Parliament enforces a rule stating colonists were now required to provide shelter to British soldiers on private property, offering a wider range of housing than the act in 1765. The law was meant to increase British presence in the colonies and further provoked colonists.
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Parliament imposes a rule that lets French Quebec cover land as far west as the Mississippi river and as high as the Ohio River Valley. It's done to appease the French population of Quebec, who the British government feared might join the rebellion. The French population is subdued while American colonists respond with rage that their land is being given away.