Timeline: 1763-1774

By kellyhh

  • Proclamation of 1763

    This Proclamation was issued for Native Americans so they can reserve territory between Allegheny Mountains, Florida, the Mississippi River, and Quebec. The colonial response to this act was that the colonists had the fundamental right to settle and occupy western lands.

  • Sugar Act of 1764

    The Sugar Act was a law that taxed luxury items such as wines, silks, coffee, and etc. and it outlawed the trade of foreign rum. The colonial response to this act was protesting by stating "No Taxation without Representation".

  • Currency Act 1764

    The Currency Act was enacted by the Parliament who stated: "to prevent paper bills of credit hereafter issued in any of His Majesty's colonies from being made legal tender." The colonial response was a burden to the colonial economy since the colonies were a deficit trade area and were short on hard currency.

  • Quartering Act 1765

    The Quartering Act was a law that provided troops with places to settle while away.

  • Stamp Act 1765

    The Stamp Act was passed by the Parliament to impose taxes and required stamps as evidence of payment on documents or newspapers issued in the American colonies. The colonial response was bothered with this because this caused some colonists to lose their homes due to not having enough money to pay for the taxes of stamps and gave no consent to this which was unconstitutional to their rights.

  • Declaratory Act 1766

    The Declaratory Act gave the Parliament the authority to make laws binding the colonies. The colonial response was relieved for a temporary period of time from the impending crisis.

  • The Townshend Act 1767

    The Townshend Act was taxes on goods imported by the colonies was legal while internal taxes like the Stamp Act was not. It was also used to support colonial officials and maintain the British army in America. The colonial response to this act was unhappy because John Dickinson stated that the Parliament had the right to control over imperial commerce. Also, colonists dressed in homespun clothing, found substitutes for tea, used homemade paper, and houses remained unpainted.

  • Boston Massacre 1770

    The Boston Massacre was a brawl between American colonists and a British soldier then escalated to a deadly riot. The colonial response to this brawl was the colonists were aware of the British rule of the unfair taxes which caused them to fight for independence.

  • Boston Tea Party 1773

    The Boston Tea Party was an act of vandalism and advocate legal measures to bring the insurgent colonists into line. The colonial response was protesting.

  • Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) 1774

    The Intolerable Acts was the Parliament responding with new laws that punished the colony because of the Boston Tea Party. The colonial response was that the colonists united themselves to discuss and negotiate this.

  • Quartering Act 1774

    The Quartering Act allowed royal governors to give homes to those who were British soldiers. The colonial response to this act was frustrated because the colonists were being taxed to pay for provisions and barracks for the army.

  • Quebec Act 1774

    The Quebec Act extended the boundaries of the province of Quebec south to the Ohio River. It also provided trails without a jury, did not establish a representative assembly, and gave the Catholic Church semi-established status. The colonial response to this act was fear for the Parlament since it was used for colonial anger.