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The Proclamation of 1763 established a boundary between the British colonies and Indian lands in North America. The colonists ignored the Proclamation of 1763.
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The Currency Act banned the colonists from printing their own money, forcing them to use British currency. The colonists were upset as it not only was unfair control, but also produced economic struggles since they didn't have much British currency.
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The Sugar Act placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other goods. Colonists protested the Sugar Act, as not only is it taxation without representation, but also they saw it as Britain trying to gain more control over the colonies.
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The Stamp Act imposed a tax on practically all goods for the colonists. Widespread protest came from the colonies, as they, again, were being taxed without representation in Parliament and felt they should be treated as the British citizens.
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The Quartering Act of 1765 required American colonists to house and supply any British soldiers stationed in the colonies. The colonists protested the Quartering of 1765 as they thought it violated their rights.
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The Declaratory Act allowed Britain to have full power to make any law for the American colonies. This Act took affect directly after the repeal of the Stamp Act. The Declaratory Act was mostly ignored at first, but later it was realized how dangerous the Act actually was to the colonies.
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The Townshend Act placed taxes on imported goods, like glass, lead, paint, so on. The colonists boycotted and protested the Townshend act, increasing tension between the colonists and the British.
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Colonists were taunting British soldiers until eventually the soldiers began shooting into the crowd, killing five colonists, wounding more. The colonists were upset, using it for propaganda against the British.
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A group of colonists called "Sons of Liberty," who disguised themselves as Mohawk Native Americans, boarded three ships going into the British Harbor, dumping about 342 crates of tea into British's harbor. After this event, the British closed the harbor until the tea was paid for. The colonists celebrated the Boston Tea Party as successful act of tyranny against the British.
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The Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) were a series of acts by the British Parliament to punish the Massachusetts colonies for the Boston Tea Party. The five acts were the Boston Port Act; Massachusetts Government Act; Administration of Justice Act; Quartering Act; and the Quebec Act. The colonists viewed it as a violation of their rights, an organized First Continental Congress.
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The Quartering Act of 1774 required all Massachusetts residents to house and feed British troops in their homes if needed. The colonists were upset, as they felt their rights to property and privacy were being violated.
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The Quebec Act expanded Quebec's territory, making Quebec's citizens follow French and British law. The colonists viewed it as the British trying to gain more authority over the colonists by moving the Quebec land into the western territory.