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Proclamation of 1763
Reserved all the western territory between the Allegheny mountains, Florida, Mississippi river, and Quebec for the natives. They were upset and disregarded it. -
Sugar Act
Set taxes on sugar, molasses, other luxurious items. Outlawed importation on foreign rum. Merchants, legislature and town meetings protested the law. They evaded the tax and undercut it. -
Currency Act of 1764
Prevented paper bills of credit in any colonies to not be with anything. The colonies protested. -
Quartering Act of 1765
Colonies had to give royal troops housing. They refused (except Pennsylvania). -
Stamp Act of 1765
Legal documents had to have a stamp. People forged stamps and protested it. -
Declaratory Act of 1766
The response to repeal the stamp act. Affirm its power to legislature for the colonies "what so ever". They didn't repeal but tried to compromise. -
Townshend Act
A series of taxes and laws imposed upon the colonists. They responded with a Boycott. -
Boston Massacre of 1770
American mob harasses and attacks squad of British soldiers in Boston. The colonists were large outraged at what the saw as a vicious attack on unarmed civilians. They started celebrating massacre day on the date of the attack. They also tried (only killed 5 citizens). -
The Repeal of the Townshend Act
The result of widespread protest. The only tax that retained was the tax on tea. They also repeated the quartering act. -
Battle of Alamance
Protest against taxation and corrupt local government. -
The Burning of the Gaspee
Gaspee ground was looted and burned by angry colonists. The parliament quickly passed an act. The men involved were sent and tried in England. -
Committee of Correspondence
Samuel Adams organized the first committee correspondence at Boston, Massachusetts. Established union among the thirteen colonies. -
Tea Act of 1773
Parliament allowed East India company to sell their cheap tea to colonists not thinking about colonial tea merchants. The colonies never accepted the constitutionality of the duty on tea and this act rekindled their opposition to it. -
Boston Tea Party of 1773
Massachusetts patriot dresses as Indians and dumped tea into the water as a protest. The parliament responded with the coerce act of 1774 (Intolerable Acts). -
Intolerable Acts of 1774
The parliaments response to the Boston Tea party. 5 acts: Boston Port act, Massachusetts government act, Administration of Justice act, Quartering act, and the Quebec act. They adopted the continental Congress. -
First Continental Congress of 1774
Colonial delegates meet to organize opposition the the intolerable acts.
