You Say You want a Revolution British Acts
“You Say You want a Revolution!” British Acts in the American Colonies US History
NOTE: King George III and the British Parliament ruled the American Colonies FOCUS QUESTION: Why did the Colonists Rebel?
Proclamation of 1763 Year 1763 What this Act Did English banned settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains. Fur traders have to get royal permission to enter new frontier Wanted to separate colonists from the American Indians How the Colonists Reacted Act was hard to enforce and settlers continued to go west
Sugar Act Year 1764 What this Act Did English Parliament set a duty (import tax) on foreign sugar, molasses, wine, and other goods Was seriously enforced Royal inspectors searched homes for smuggled goods. How the Colonists Reacted Colonists protested the law Started smuggling items in.
Stamp Act Year What this Act Did 1765 English Parliament passed a tax on printed matter of all kinds • newspapers, ads, cards, and legal documents Things had to be printed on stamped paper or have stamps attached to show the tax has been paid How the Colonists Reacted Colonists Rioted Colonial assemblies met in protest Passed resolutions against it Merchants agreed not to buy British goods
Quartering Act Year 1765 What this Act Did English Parliament required colonists to supply British troops with housing and other items How the Colonists Reacted When soldiers were sent to colonies to keep order, some state assemblies protested.
Declaratory Act Year 1766 What this Act Did It stated that British Parliament could pass laws for the colonies How the Colonists Reacted Colonists largely ignored this act b/c they were celebrating the repeal/banning of the Stamp Act
Townshend Acts Year 1767 What this Act Did English Parliament placed taxes on glass, paper, paints, and tea. How the Colonists Reacted Powerful opposition organized, boycotted buying British goods, organized protests, newspapers attacked British, which led to the Boston Massacre (1770)
Tea Act Year 1773 What this Act Did How the Colonists Reacted English Parliament gives East India BOSTON TEA PARTY Company the right to sell tea occurred after this directly to Americans without taxes act was passed(dressed as Prices of tea dropped dramatically. American Indians, colonists dumped 90, 000 pounds of tea into harbor)
Intolerable Acts Year 1774 What this Act Did How the Colonists Reacted British Parliament passes Coercive Acts. Boycott of British (specifically passed to punish colonists goods and led to the for their participation in the Boston FIRST CONTINENTAL Tea party) CONGRESS. 4 laws designed to punish Boston and to strengthen British control over colonies; (1) Closed port of Boston; (2) Changed Massachusetts government - made colonists pay for tea; (3)British officials committing crimes in colonies must be tried in England; (4) ordered quartering/housing of troops
Why did Colonists React the way they did? Taxation without Representation
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