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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited the colonists from purchasing land that was west of the Appalachian. In order to put this into effect, the royal government stationed 100,000 troops in the colonies. British also made it so that the Western settlers would abandon the Indian land, and forbid the Indian trading to the trading parties that were licensed by the British. The colonists wished for good farmland, but as a result of what they didn't get they defied the proclamation. -
Sugar Act
The purpose of the Sugar Act was to put an end to smuggling trade within the sugar and molasses from the French, and Dust West Indies. As a result, it began to increase the revenue which funded and expanded the British Empire's responsibilities. The colonist began to form an organization that boycotted luxury goods, that were imported from Great Britain. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act prohibited the colonial governments from providing paper money and demanded that all the taxes be paid in British dollars. The colonists believed that without their own paper money they could not uphold and flourish their daily economic duties and or activities. The colonists also started their own protests as a result. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required that a tax stamp on any and every legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, pamphlets, and playing cards. Anyone who had violated and been suspected of violating this Act would be tried in admiralty courts without juries. Colonists tried to force stamp distributors into resigning. The colonists responded by wanting to boycott British goods, then start riots, and attack the tax collectors. -
Quatering Act
The Quartering Act required the colonial governments to put the British in any available building and provide them with candles, bedding, and drinks. Another main purpose of the quartering act was to raise the revenue from the British colonies in America. The American colonists felt bitter and opposed the Quartering Act because they were being taxed to pay for supervision and barracks for the army. -
Declaratory Act
The Declaratory Act of 1766 stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was not only similar in America but Great Britain as well. The main point of the Act was to show that British Parliament had a right to tax them and that the British had more power than them. Some colonists were celebrating while others were frustrated because they knew more acts would soon be in place. -
Townshend Act
The main goal of the Townshend Act was to expand the custom services. The earnings from the act paid the salaries of the colonial governors and judges, but prohibited colonial legislatures from being able to carry out the power of the purse over individuals. The colonists did not approve of this act at all, so, therefore, they didn’t import British goods until the act was repealed. They boycotted any goods that were imported because they believed it went against their importation agreement. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre happened when the British soldiers that were in Boston begin to opened fire on a group of American colonists which resulted in the death of five American men. Before the Boston Massacre, the British had issued many new taxes on the American colonies which include taxes on tea, glass, lead, paint, and paper. The colonists began to rebel against the taxes that they found that they believed were oppressive. -
Quebec Act
The purpose of the Quebec Act of 1775 was to gain the loyalty of the French Majority of the province of Quebec. The colonists responded by not considering the Quebec Act as equal to the Intolerable Acts because they viewed it as a threat to their colonial government. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a political protest to show the frustration of the American colonists because Britain imposed taxation without representation and they dumped 342 chests of tea which were imported by the British East Indian Company into the harbor. The colonist's initial response was to protest and coordinate resistance by assembling. -
Quartering Act
The purpose of the Quartering Act was to allow royal governors other than the Colonial Legislatures in order to find homes and buildings to house the British soldiers. The colonists believed that the act was unjustifable taxation. -
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
The purpose of the Intolerable Acts was to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for dumping 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The colonists responded by showing an act of unity by showing the first Continental Congress in order to negotiate and approach the British.