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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was a law created by King George III to prevent colonies from expanding westward. The King said that it was meant to maintain the fears that the natives. The natives thought that the colonists would take their land as the colonists expanded. However, the colonists saw this proclamation as a way to keep the colonists on the coasts to make them easier to control. -
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Road to Revolution-Frazee
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Sugar Act of 1764
The Sugar Act of 1764 was an updated version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733) because it was going to expire soon. The act reduced the tax on molasses from 6 pence per gallon to 3 pence per gallon, but the British are enforcing the law more than the Sugar and Molasses act. It also added taxes onto foreign goods making colonists buy and trade only with the British. The colonists saw that this was causing them to lose money. The British created it to pay for security in the colonies. -
Currency Act of 1764
The Currency Act of 1764 was a law that prevented colonists from making their own money or currencies. The colonists hated this act, and it made it much harder for the colonists to trade. The British wanted to use this act to reduce national debt and be able to keep soldiers stationed in the colonies. They believed that the colonists needed to help pay for the soldiers. -
Stamp Act of 1765
The Stamp Act of 1765 was a tax onto all documents and paper in the colonies. The colonists saw this tax as unconstitutional and believed only their own representative governments could tax them. The English wanted to use the tax to earn money to defend the new land they had just aquired from the French and Indian War. -
Quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering Act of 1765 was a law the British created for the colonists, so they would house the British soldiers that were still in the colonies after the war. The British did not mean for the image of Redcoats kicking colonists out of their homes in order to have a place to sleep, they really just needed someone to house the soldiers that were protecting and watching the colonists. The colonists hated it, and most of them refused to follow its guidlines. -
Stamp Act Congress 1765
The Stamp Act Congress was the first time the colonies began to successfully unite in one common goal. The gesture toward England that these colonies are united against "Taxation without Representation" was more important than the Congress Meeting itself. This and the boycotts surrounding caused England to repeal the Stamp Act. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
The Declaratory Act of 1766 repealed the Stamp Act, but it also said Britain has complete control and authority over colonial laws. Even though this added no new taxes, the colonists were worried this meant that the British were planning on adding more taxes to the colonists. The British thought of it as a way to put the colonists in the place because they thought the colonists forgot who was in charge. -
Townshend Act of 1767
The Townshend Act of 1767 was a collection of taxes sent by Great Britain onto the colonists. One of these taxes were on tea. The British hoped that since these were all indirect taxes, they colonists would not get upset. This was a very idealistic view and was false. The colonists thought of this as unconstitutional and believed the British had no right to tax them.
