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Navigation Acts 1650's
The Navigation Acts where to ensure only England, benifited from trade with the Colonies.The Navigation Acts prevented the colonists from sending certain products such as sugar and tobacco outisde the area that made Englands Empire. -
Proclomation of 1763
To present more fighting, Britain called a halt to the settelers west ward expansion. It set the Appalachen Mountains as the temporary western boundary for the colonies. Agereds speculators because they had bought land west. -
Sugar Act
Lowered the tax on imported molases and controls smuggling angered colonists. Peopel did not pay for any of the Sugar tax. -
Stamp Act
Documents must contain a revenue stamp to be legal. All deeds, wills, marriage licenses, even newspapers were affected. -
Declatory Act 1766
Parliament declares sovereignity over colonies in all cases. It indicated on the same day that parliament repealed the Stamp Acts, this was merely positioning so that England would not lose face forgiving into the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
Includes duties on new items including tea, glass, and other goods available in the western Heimisphere. By this time any British taxes angered the colonists, They belived only their representative had the right to tax them. -
Tea Act 1773
The East India Tea Componey granted sole right to sell tea directly to Americas. All of this lead to the Boston Tea Party which was when some people through 342 chest of tea overboard on a ship. -
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) 1774
The Coercive Acts closed down all the Boston Harbors, it eliminated current government of Massuchusetts, and it restricted many other government meetings. The colonists thought that this act had violated their rights as English Citizens. -
Quebec Acts 1774
The Qubec was intended to set up a government in Quebec. This gave Quebec all the land west of the Appalachen Mounttains and North of the Ohio River.
