Parlaments acts

Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

A imaginary line at the Apachean mountains that the colonist where not to cross since Britain didn't own the land

Sugar act

Apr 5, 1764

Malaises and sugar where taxed the point being to prevent smuggling same as the stamp act. The colonist started writing letters to parliament about the unfair treatment.

The currency act

Sep 1, 1764

The British didn't let people pay with there state notes and they could only pay in pound which they didn't have much of. Making the colonist very angry because they where asking for money they didn't have.

Stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

The stamp act put stamps on everything even basic household items. This infuriated several different groups of people because it made everybody poor.

Quartering act

Mar 24, 1765

This act allowed soldiers to enter American barracks and institutions and take what they wanted The colonist weren't a fan

Declaratory Act

Mar 18, 1766

This act repealed the stamp act and made it so that the colonist for a short time had equal rights. The colonist where a fan of this act since they hated it to begin with.

Townshend Acts

Jun 29, 1767

This act taxed all goods imported to America. And of course the colonist had a problem with this since they still had no representation. Also this included things like the sugar act.

Boston massacre

Mar 5, 1770

During the Boston massacre protesters lined up to throw sticks and rocks at British soldiers. proceeding that some soldiers open fire on the civilian's and in which 5 people die

Boston tea party

Dec 16, 1773

American colonist dumped ships worth of tea into the Boston harbor to protest tea tax

The intolerable acts

May 20, 1774

The intolerable acts where four acts that the British made in 1774 as a retaliation for the colonist rebellious behavior including the Quebec act and quartering act. They where named the intolerable act because the colonist didn't tolerate them.

Quartering act

Jun 2, 1774

This act gave British soldiers the right to invade settler's homes eat their floor and sleep in their homes. Of course in this situation soldiers feel that their rights to privacy where violated

Quebec Act

Jun 22, 1774

One of the things the Quebec act did was give freedom to to roman Catholics buy giving them more guaranteed religious freedom. Since the territory was previously held by the French. The settlers thought that the Act was an attempt to win over the colony's without giving all the rights they should have had