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The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited expansions to western territories, the lands west of the Apalachin mountains, so that they are reserved for Native American purposes. The proclamation was introduced due to British fear that they may initiate a series of Indian Wars and to assure they had rule over the existing colonies. The act was sloppily enforced, and hence the Colonists just took it as the British not allowing indulgence to their freedoms, but they did send soldiers. -
With the sentiments that the colonists needed to pay for the defense they've been given, the British imposed the Sugar Act, outlawing the importation of foreign rum, cutting the duty of molasses, and levying a tax on wines, silks, coffee, and some luxury items. They did this with the aspirations that instead of exporting French and Dutch molasses they would go for New England rum. In response the Colonial lawyers introduced the phrase "No Taxation Without Representation", joining the protest. -
The Currency Act deprived the colonies from establishing any form of paper currency and ordered that British merchants be paid with British currency. The act came made in on paper so that the British could make their attempts on controlling the colonial economy. -
All for a wish to be repaid by the colonies for the protection they provide, although really just desiring to leave their penurious state after previous wars, the British imposed the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act was the levying of a tax upon newspapers, legal documents, playing cards, dice, almanacs, and pamphlets. In response, merchants formed nonimportation associations, prominent men formed violent secret organizations knows as The Sons of Liberty, and the Stamp Act Congress was assembled. -
Since protection services increased in price, the British Parliament passed the Quartering Act which demanded British Soldiers be provided shelter and food in unoccupied buildings. In response the New York Assembly and others would resist. -
In response to the idea of No Taxation Without Representation in the colonies, the British decided to impose the Declaratory Acts which gave them right to make laws for the colonies. As with many of the others acts the colonists protested and boycotted goods.