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Proclamation of 1763
This gave protections for the Indians and their land. As well it prohibited settlement of the Indians lands.
The colonial response was that since the act was not enforced, the colonist gradually settled in the lands. -
Sugar Act
This act replace an old act which prohibited the importing of rum from other nations. It also added taxes to other luxury items like wine and coffee.
The colonial response was holding town meeting and protesting the act and the slogan of "taxation without representation" was born. -
Currency Act
This act made any paper money issued and produced by the Crown useless as Parliament made the current valueless.
The colonial response was that they had to petition to the King to remove the act as they used the currency frequently as it was the only form of reliable currency. -
Stamp Act
This act required everything from document, newspaper and pamphlets to require a stamp that imposed a tax.
The colonial response was made by the Virginian House of Burgesses made a declaration stating that the taxation could not go through if there was no representation in Parliament. -
Quartering Act of 1765
This act forced the colonist to provide and house the royal solider stationed wherever they are located in the colonies.
Their was little to no colonial response to the act there was them against armed soldiers that enforce the act. -
Declaratory Act
This act declared all of the powers of Parliament so they could pass other acts for the colonies.
The colonial people challenged the act and for a limited time they revered the act and its proposed actions. -
Beginning of Townshed Acts
The administration of which controlled the taxes changed and they changed the regulations of what goes duties. They released act that raised taxes or added taxes on items that were being produced so make a revenue -
End of Townshend Acts
The colonial response was to boycott everything that could be taxed and started to make their own clothes, paper an drinking habits. This people were getting violent since the act were still in place despite the protest and an encounter with the protesters and British soldiers clashed which came to know as the Boston Massacre. This lead for Parliament to repel all acts except the one affecting tea. -
Boston Massactre
This was an stand off with the colonial protesters and British soldiers. The standoff turned violent as the British fired their weapons at the protest, killing several colonist. -
"Committee of Correspondence"
Formed by Samuel Adams in Boston, was the first forms of protest the act that the British have introduced and their goal was to make petition and grievances so present to the King. Adams intended for this to start the rebellion against the British but it was not enough.
The British just rejected most of the petitions and grievance presented to them and continue to have all of the act in place. -
The Boston Tea Party
A group of colonist boarded a ship owned the by the British and then they proceeded to dump all of the tea onboard of the ship into the harbor.
The British response was that Parliament wanted the colonist to pay for the destruction as it was considered as vandalism so they wanted the people who destructed the tea. -
The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
These were a series of acts that did the following: closed the Boston port until all the lost tea was paid for, improvised the Quartering Act for British soldiers, and extended the colony of Quebec border without giving them representation in Parliament.
The colonist response was forming the First Continental Congress so they could now stand up to the British and be able to voice their opinion on the British decisions.