Beginnings of Revolution

1. Beginnings of Revolution The Struggle for Independence

2. Date - 1660-1663 • What the Act Did: • All goods shipped to and from the colonies had to be carried by British ships • The British were trying to restrict trading and shipping • Colonist Reaction - Colonists mainly ignored them and “followed them” • British Action - The British Act was obeyed so no action had to be taken Navigation Acts

3. Date - Issued October 7, 1763 by King George III • What the Act Did - Followed the end of the French and Indian War and forbade all settlers from settling to the west of the Appalachian mountains • The British were trying to stabilize their colonies in one area • Colonist Reaction - Colonists moved anyways and ignored the law • British Action – little to no enforcement of the Proclamation Proclamation of 1763

4. Date - Passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764 • What the Act Did - This act taxed sugar, molasses, coffee, wine, silk, and indigo; couldn't import foreign rum or wine • Colonist Reaction - Colonists refused to pay the tax and would smuggle the items into the country and use them • British Action - The British tried to enforce it and hoped the tax would be collected but it usually was not Sugar Act

5. Date -Issued in 1765 • What the Act Did - Required all colonists to feed and shelter British troops • Colonist Reaction - Northern colonies protested over troops stationed in port cities and resisted the act • British Action - The Quartering Act was eliminated in 1770 because of resistance but was then reinstated in 1774 Quartering Act

6. Date - Instated in 1765 • What the Act Did - The act required that all printed documents carry tax stamps (ex: newspapers, legal papers, playing cards) • Colonist Reaction - The colonists protested and boycotted British goods; the Sons of Liberty (group of American Patriots) formed • British Action - The British repealed the Act in 1766  because boycotts were hurting British trade Stamp Act

7. Date - Instated in 1766 • What the Act Did - Stated that Parliament had the same authority over the colonies as it did to Great Britain – including the right to tax the colonies and make laws • Colonist Reaction - Colonists were outraged and upset because they thought this was just the first of more imposing acts • British Action – Continued to make laws and tax the colonists Declaratory Act

8. Date - A series of Acts placed on the colonists in 1767 • What the Act Did - These taxed wine, tea, paper, glass, lead and paint • Colonist Reaction - The colonists formed non-importation associations; some colonists boycotted English luxury goods • British Action - The British reacted by repealing all taxes except the one on tea in 1770 Townshend Acts

9. Date - Put in place in 1773 • What the Act Did - The Tea Act gave the British East India Company the ability to ship tea straight to the colonies; it cut the price of tea, but was still taxed • Colonist Reaction - This act inspired to Boston Tea Party, Edenton Tea Party and others • British Action - The colonist reaction led to the establishment of the Intolerable Acts Tea Act

10. Date - Established in 1774 • What the Acts Did - These Acts closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for; reinstated Quartering Act; appointed a new royal governor; and placed the entire Massachusetts colony under military control • Colonist Reaction - Colonists reacted by sending help to Boston in the form of food and goods; 1st Continental refused to obey the Acts and trade • British Action - The British responded by ordering the Massachusetts governor to enforce Acts using necessary force ULTIMATELY led to WAR Coercive (Intolerable) Acts