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The Path to Revoution
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Proclamation of 1763
British Action: They told colonists they could not settle west of the Appalacian Mountains.
Colonial Reacton: They felt it was an unfair law and chose not to comply with it and settled anyway. -
Sugar Act
British Action: A act passed that put a tax on on sugar and molasses.
Colonial Reaction:The colonists boycott the sugar but it affects them econmomically. -
Currency Act
British Action:The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency.
Colonial Reaction: The colonist resented it. -
Stamp Act
British Action: The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
Colonial Reaction: They made petitions and boycott it. -
Quartering Act
British Action: The act stated that troops could only be quartered in barracks and if there wasn't enough space in barracks then they were to be quartered in public houses and inns.
Colonial Reaction: The colonist protested in colonial assemblies. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
British Action: The repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act.
Colonial Reaction: They rejoiced. -
Declaratory Act
British Action: On March 18, 1766, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act and passed the Declaratory Act.
Colonial Reaction: They ignored this act. -
Townshend Duties
British Action: The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the programme.
Colonial Reaction: They responded with boycotts, petitions, newspaper attacks, and letters. -
Tea Act
British Action: The British parliment passed this act the put a tax on all tea imports.
Colonial Reaction: The Boston Tea party was a reaction to this. -
Intolerable Acts
British Action: The Intolerable Acts was the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor.
Colonial Reaction: They organized the First Continental Congress and planned further action. -
Lexington & Concord
British Action: The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Colonial Reaction: The colonist fought back and did pretty well.