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The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonist from settling West of the Appalachian Crest. Most colonist were unhappy that Britain attempted to control where they could settle. While others near the Ohio River Valley generally ignored it and continued to sell and trade. -
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Acts and Colonist
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The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses by taxing sugar products and wine. The colonist were very unhappy and began to riot "No taxation without Representation" as parliament had no right to tax them. Eventually, the act was repealed and replaced with the Stamp Act. -
Currency Act
The Currency Act prohibited the use of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency abolished colonial bills. This caused the colonist to protest and caused a trade deficit with Britain to worsen. -
Quartering Acts
The Quartering acts required to provide homes and barracks for the British soldiers. The colonist resented the act as it caused them to continue to pay more taxes, as they were being taxed for the barracks. On top of the fact it was for an army, they did not feel was needed during the time. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required all American colonist to pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The colonist response was Patrick Henry's Stamp Act Resolves, which declared Americans possed some rights as English. They also caused boycotts on British goods, began to riot, and attack the tax collectors. -
Declaratory Acts
The Declaratory Acts was the response to the stamp and sugar acts, making taxes the same in America as in Great Britain. This asserted the British government over the colonies. This caused the colonist to be scared as it gave more British power, but they were happy about the repealing of the stamp act. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts was a series of acts placing taxes on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea, taking away more of the colonist's freedom. The colonist were not happy about this act having extra taxes imposed and it eventually lead to the Boston Massacre. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot between the colonist and British soldiers, ending in the death of five colonists. The colonist were unhappy the soldiers were in the colonies as they took jobs from the colonist, taking their money, which they needed to pay taxes. -
`The Tea Act
The Tea Act granted the British East Tea Company the right to ship tea directly to the colonies without stopping in England. This was not meant to anger the colonist as it imposed no new taxes but was meant to get the company out of debt, but the colonist continued to rebel, riot, and boycott, eventually leading to the Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a political protest at the Griffins Wharf in Boston. The party was the colonist's reaction to the Tea Act. The colonist were mad because they were being taxed without representation and they began to dump chest of tea into the Harbor. Britain was mad about this as the tea company lost a lot of money when they were already in debt, leading to the Coercive Acts. -
The Coercive Acts
The Coercive acts closed down the harbor until all of the tea from the Boston Tea Party was paid for, as well as enforcing many other regulations such as requiring the colonist to use their private homes for the British troops if needed. Britan hoped this would end the colonist rebellion, but it only made it worse. All the colonist began to ban together and send supplies to Massachusetts. -
The Quartering Acts (#2)
The Quartering Acts required colonist to provide homes or barracks for the British soldiers. The colonist resented this act because it caused them to continue to pay more taxes in order to provide homes and barracks. They also were angered because it was all for an army that they felt was unnecessary during this peacetime.