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Proclamation of 1763
This was a proclamation issued by British Government that called the colonists to stop westward expansion beyond the Appalachian Mountains. The reasoning behind this was that the British were already stretched thin when it came to enforcing laws in the new world and they didn't have enough man power to enforce rules all the way in the west. The colonists were angry and felt threatened. They began to wonder if the soldiers present in the colonies were just there to watch them. -
The Sugar Act
This act was an act which placed a tax on all goods with sugar or molasses in them or just sugar or molasses in general. This act was an attempt to gain more money to pay off the great deal of debt Britain had acquired and to help pay the soldiers that fought in the French and Indian War. The Colonists were outraged and eventually got the act repealed after displaying their anger to parliament through riots.
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The Declaratory Act
This act was enacted right after the repeal of The Stamp Act. It was passed to declare the Britain had the authority to make and pass laws for the colonies and that Parliament was still in charge of the colonists even after the repeal of The Stamp Act. The colonists were only able to celebrate their victory over The Stamp Act for a short time because after The Declaratory Act was enacted, the colonists felt threatened and began to get even angrier.
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The Townshend Act
The Townshend Act was an act that placed a tax on a wide variety of imports like glass, lead, paint, paper, silk, and tea. This act was passed to pay for the salaries of British governors and other officials in the colonies. The man who created this act was Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend. This act only fueled the colonists anger towards Parliament and along with the other acts, lead to the American Revolution. Image: Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica
