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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 banned any English colonization west of the Appalachian mountains. However, the colonists felt that the reason why they couldn't go west was because the British wanted to have better surveillance over them. Due to this, they rebelled. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act controlled money, getting rid of the money used in the colonies in favor of a system centered on the pound sterling. The colonist reacted in the form of protest to the Currency Act -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act established a tax on goods such as sugar, molasses, and others brought into the American colonies from sources in the non-British Caribbean that would be strictly enforced. Much like the Currency Act, the colonists were enraged and began protesting against it. -
Quartering Act 1765
The Quartering Act of 1765 was opposed by American colonists because they were taxed to pay for the army's supplies and barracks, not because they had to lodge British soldiers in their homes. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required a tax, symbolized by a stamp, to be paid by the colonists on numerous items such as papers, documents, and playing cards.The Stamp Act infuriated the colonists, and they acted quickly to fight against it. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act, which was passed after the British had repealed the Stamp Act, states that the Parliament has control over the colonies no matter the circumstance. Some colonists found this to be a political victory, but some didn't. Some were overcome with anger because more acts would be getting passed. -
Townshed Acts
The Townshend Acts were created to generate money with the intention of supporting colonial leaders and keep up with the British army in America. In response, Philadelphia attorney John Dickinson claimed in Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer that while Parliament had the authority to regulate imperial trade, it lacked the authority to tax the colonies, whether through internal or external taxes. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre happened when the colonists and the British soldiers clashed in Boston. The colonists flung snowballs and other objects at the soldiers in an effort to vent their resentment at the British occupation and their excessive taxation. This later turned into a deadly riot resulting in a large number people dying. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political demonstration that took place at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. 342 chests of tea that had been imported by the British East India Company were poured into the harbor by American colonists who were frustrated and outraged with Britain for enforcing "taxation without representation." -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were enacted by Britain in response to a group of colonist in Boston destroying hundreds of containers of British tea, instead of paying taxes on them. The four acts that made up the Intolerable Acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act. -
Quartering Act 1774
The Quartering Act of 1774 was one of four Acts passed representing the Intolerable Acts. According to the Quartering Act, Great Britain would quarter its soldiers in American houses and barracks. And if the number of soldiers exceeded the capacity of colonial dwellings, they would be housed in inns, alehouses, barns, and other buildings. The colonists were enraged by this because they wanted to keep the British solider as distant as possible. -
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act granted the province's Catholic, French-speaking settlers independence. The act removed the loyalty oath and brought back British criminal law together with French civil law. Colonists found that this act was just as intolerable and unfair because they found it to be a direct threat to their colonial government.