SAC 1 Flashcards
The Proclamation Act (1763)
Britain committed to containing the colonial expansion westwood
Introduced the proclamation line which meant that british colonist couldn’t cross
The aim was to prevent land grabbing from the native americans and didn’t want to cause anymore violent relationships between the native americans and the colonists it was very expensive to also police those areas
The sugar act (1764)
The aim of the sugar act was to end the smuggling of sugar and molasses which was most affecting new england
This was a way to give england more revenue
This was their first “direct tax”
The currency act (1764)
Colonists to use british currency and not their own
The stamp act (1765) ***
The stamp act was a tax on paper that affected every social class in america it was designed to help repay the british debts back and to enforce already existing mercantilist policies.
The colonial assembly were afraid that it would leave infinite power to the British to infinitely tax them.
the stamp act was repealed in 1766 and it was the start to the pattern of unfair british policies and taxes.
The declaratory act (1766)
The Declaratory Act of 1766 was a law passed by the British Parliament following the repeal of the Stamp Act. The Declaratory Act asserted that the British Parliament had the right to make laws binding on the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever,” including the power to tax the colonies.
The townshend duties (1767)
To help pay the expenses involved in governing the American colonies, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, which initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
The tea act (1773)
The Tea Act of 1773 was a law passed by the British Parliament that gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. The act was part of a series of measures aimed at raising revenue from the colonies and reducing the company’s large surplus of tea.
The coercive act (1773)
The Coercive Acts of 1774, known as the Intolerable Acts in the American colonies, were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. The four acts were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.
The Quebec Act of 1774 is sometimes included as one of the Coercive Acts, although it was not related to the Boston Tea Party.
These oppressive acts sparked strong colonial resistance, including the meeting of the First Continental Congress, which George Washington attended in September and October 1774.
The quebec act (1774)
The Quebec Act was an act of the British Parliament passed in 1774. It was intended to address the issues faced by the British in the governance of Quebec
The act granted religious freedom to the Roman Catholic population of Quebec, which was a significant departure from the British policy of promoting Protestantism. It also extended the boundaries of Quebec to include the Ohio Valley and other territories to the west.
