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The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British to restrict the colonists from further advancing westward. They did this in order to protect trade with the colonies, as they believed that westward expansion would allow the colonies to become more economically independent and they also feared that if colonists were allowed to move westward, that they would cause more fighting with Natives and French settlers in the area which Britain could not afford. Colonists became angered and felt lied to. -
The main purpose of the Sugar Act was to limit the smuggling of sugar, molasses, and rum from foreign countries. It was the first tax to be issued to help raise money for war debt, and was a renewed version of the Molasses Act. The colonists believe that this act was a violation of their rights, and protests and boycotts were carried out by merchants in New England. It mostly targeted merchants but ordinary citizens were also affected by raised prices. -
The Currency Act allowed the British to control the currency throughout the colonies in order to maintain the colonies dependence on Britain. In response, the colonists protested as the colonies lacked the new hard currency so their economy was gonna struggle immensely. -
The Stamp Act was implemented to help raise money for the British involvement in the French Indian wars. It required the colonists to pay a tax on most paper goods that had a stamp. It was implemented without any say from the colonists which angered them. -
This act required colonial legislatures to provide housing, food, drink, and transportation for British soldiers in their own homes and out of their own pocket. This act was passed because it helped to cut down on the expensiveness of the colonies defense, and it allowed for the British to maintain control over the colonists. -
This act repealed the Stamp Act and reinforced that the British government can inflict taxes on the colonies as they do in Britain. It was mainly used to show their political control over the colonies and how they are still under the rule of the Crown and Parliament. -
The Townshend Acts were four acts passed between June and July of 1767 that the British used as an opportunity to assert their political control over the colonies by suspending assembly and the act also helped to further cause the British to force the colonies to trade with them to help raise additional funds. -
The Boston Massacre was an important event in the build up to the American Revolution as it showed the growing unrest that the colonies had for the British and their sympathizers. It resulted in the death of 5 colonists and injuring 6 others. This incident allowed for the colonists to have justification to become angry and they used this moment as propaganda. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protesting act of the Tea Act in which the Sons of Liberty, a rebellious group led by Samuel Adams. The Boston Tea Party helped to raise tensions between the colonies and Britain and also unite the colonists. The Tea Party made Parliament angry and they issued the Intolerable Acts is response. -
The Intolerable Acts were in direct response to the Boston Tea Party and were the colonies punishments for the protests. They were used to deter future rebellion in the colonies and hurt Massachusetts. The colonists disapproved of the acts and gathered the Continental Congress in response. -
The Quebec Act was the act used to try an establish some sort of government in the newly British territory of Quebec. This was also a way for the British to gain support of the French speakers in Quebec by also allowing them to freely practice Catholicism. Colonists were not very concerned with this but some wished that Quebec could have became a true British colony and they also probably felt as they it was unfair. -
This Quartering Act was similar to the one passed in 1765 but this one allowed for royal governors to help house soldiers and allowed for them to be housed in private homes which caused outrage from the colonists as the royal governors were appointed by the King, so they had no say in who was in charge and no say in the person ordering soldiers into their homes.