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Navigation Acts
Directed trade between England and the colonies. The colonists could not use foreign ships or export and import goods with other countries. Smuggling became a way around these rules. -
Proclamation of 1763
This set the Appalachain mountains as a temporary boundary. It angered colonista, they were furious at Britain. The speculators were espacially mad at Britain. They had already bought land west and Britain made them wait to move. -
Sugar Act
Revised duties on sugar, tea, coffee, wine; expanded jurisdiction of some courts.Protests about taxation; Georgia especially concerned because of lumber trade with sugar-producing Carribean countries. -
Stamp Act
Documents must contain a revenue stamp to be legal.All deeds, wills, marriage licenses, even newspapers affected. Georgia's stamp master serves a single day in January, 1766. -
Declatory Act
Parliment declares sovereignty over colonies in all cases.Enacted on the same day that Parliment repealed the Stamp Act, this was merely positioning so that England would not lose face for giving in to the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
ncludes duties on new items including tea, glass and other goods available in the Western Hemisphere. Georgia begin to import goods directly from nearby Western Hemisphere trading partners rather than buy from England. Georgia House dissolved in dispute over this act. -
Tea Act
East India Tea Company granted sole right to sell tea directly to Americans; some duties on tea reduced. Tea was a popular drink not only in Georgia but throughout the colonies. Since 1770, tensions had fallen between the countries, but the Tea Act indicated resumption. Nearest Tea Party in Charleston, SC because Savannah has no tea assigned. -
Coercive Act
Closes Boston Harbor; eliminates current government of Massachusetts; restricts many other government meetings.Convening of first Continental Congress (September, 1774) -
Quebec Act
Passed by the British parliament. It issued permanent administration in Canada, replacing temporary government. This extended Quebec to the Ohio River and the Mississippi River. It also gave free religion.
