Emmy Etherton Acts Timeline

Navigation Acts

Oct 28, 1651

Purpose- Colonists could only buy and ship with the british
Outcome- Colonists would smuggle, not wanting to pay the high taxes to ship goods and recieve low amounts of money for goods.

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

purpose- colonist border was the appalachian mts. and couldn't move westward.
outcome- colonists who already bought land west of the appalchian mts. were mad

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

Purpose- parliment lowered taxes hoping that people would pay them instead of smuggling.
Outcome- Colonists felt biolated because of writs of assistance and were being put into admiralty courts

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

Purpose- parliment put stamps on almost all printed materials including newspaper, cards, wills, ect.
Outcome- colonists were mad, because they were being taxed without their consent

Declaratoy Act

Mar 18, 1766

purpose- parmilment had the right to tax and make decisions for the british colonies.
outcome- they didnt want to pay or follow parmilents decisions

Townshend Acts

Jun 15, 1767

purpose- parliment would tax imported goods such as glass, paper, rea, ect.
Outcome- colonists boycotted becaause they didnt want to pay taxes to parliment. only to their own representatives.

Tea Acts

May 10, 1773

allowed the company a virtual monopoly, or sole contorl, of the trade for tea in america
outcome- this act started the boston tea party

Coercive Acts

Mar 31, 1774

purpose- closed boston harbor until the massachusetts colonist paid for the ruined tea
outcome- colonists said that that violated their rights as english citizens

Quebec Act

Jun 22, 1774

purpose- gave quebec the area west f the appalachians and north of the ohi river
outcome- colonists were mad that parliment ingnored their claims to the area.