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HAT ACT
The Hat Act controlled the hat production by the American colonist in all of the 13 colonies. This included restricting the number of workers that could be hired and the manufacture and export of hats in the colonies. In effect, the colonist violated the law by smuggling and bribing customs officilas. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend act Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies. The colonist boycotted against British luxury items. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 restricted colonist to settle west of the Appalachian mountains except for the Indians because it was now their territory. Most colonists ignored the law but still got punished. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was designed to raise revenue to the American colonists in the 13 colonies. The sugar act taxed sugar imported into the colonies. The colonist were so angry at this act that they boycotted English products. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp act stamp items which would be taxed to the colonies.These items were common items colonist need. This was needed to raise revenue for troops. The colonist were very angry and outraged that they provided resistance against the government. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required the colonies to house British soldiers. The colonist protest in assemblies. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act was an act that Parliament declares its sovereignty over the colonies. Colonist ignored in celebration over the repeal of the Stamp Act. -
Boston Massacre
What It Was: The Boston Massacre was the killing of five Colonials after snowballs were thrown at British soldiers because of the heavy tax burden imposed by the Townshend Acts.
Colonial Response: The Boston Massacre showed the mercilessness of the British and helped unite the colonists against Britain. -
The Coercive Acts
What It Was: The Coercive Acts were a series of laws passed by Parliament. Four of the laws were a direct result of the Boston Tea Party. The purpose of the Acts was to put the colonies in line:
Colonial Response: The Coercive Acts angered the colonists and was one of the final events before the war. The Boston Port Act scared the colonists because they would lose a lot of money. The Massachusetts Government Act sacred the colonies because they feared the same thing would happen to them. -
The Tea Act
What It was: It was a act that was passed to lower the tea tax the East India Company paid to the government, therefore, bailing out the East India Company of any cost because they were essential to the British economy.
Colonial Response: The colonist were angry because the Act would give the East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies. Buying the tea would mean that the colonist would accepted paying the British import tax and they wouldn't allow that. -
Boston Tea Party
What It Was: It was a protest that was lead by the Massachusetts colonist towards the Parliament Tea Act of 1773.
Colonial Response: A group of Massachusetts colonists who were disguised as Indians boarded three tea ships to which they spilled 342 chests of tea into the harbor as a sign of rebellion.
Parliament Response: In response, they enacted the intolerable acts in 1774 which closed Boston to merchant shipping and established military rule in Massachusetts. -
The Quartering Act
What It Was: The Quartering Act required the colonies to house British soldiers.
Colonial response: The colonist protest in assemblies and they riot against the act. -
Boston Port Act
-What It Was: The Boston Port Act closed the port of Boston, stopping their trade. The law said the colonists had to pay $1 million to open the port back up.
Colonial Response: The colonists were outraged by this -
The Administration of Justice Act
What It Was: This Act suspended the right of self-government in the Massachusetts colony by allowing the Military governor to send rebellious colonist for trial in other colonies. This was in effect to the Boston Tea Party and this act served as a punishment to Massachusetts.
-Colonial Response: They were angry because they saw this as unjust and unconstitutional. -
Massachusetts Government Act
What It Was: Another one of the acts, the Massachusetts Government Act, was put in place to make an example out of Massachusetts, The Act put Massachusetts completely under British Rule, with all the elected officials appointed by the king.
-Colonial Response:This scared the other colonies because they didn’t want Britain to do the same to them. -
The First Continental Congress
Representatives from each colony, except Georgia, met in Philadelphia. The representatives gathered to discuss their response to the "Intolerable Acts." They met to discuss their relationship with Britain, and how to assert their rights with the British government. They wanted to appear as united colonies in their reply to Britain.
King Response: In retaliation, the King decided to punish and weaken the colonies. They blocked colony access to the North Atlantic fishing area.
