1 / 11

Justin Bradley

Justin Bradley. SS 6 th. Navigation acts. Date:1650-1700s What it did: Controlled trade, The sugar act, Special courts, currency act, Resentment/Stifling of colonial manufacturing. Colonial response: Most resented it and many ignored it. . Proclamation of 1763. Date:1763

serge
Download Presentation

Justin Bradley

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Justin Bradley SS 6th

  2. Navigation acts • Date:1650-1700s • What it did: Controlled trade, The sugar act, Special courts, currency act, Resentment/Stifling of colonial manufacturing. • Colonial response: Most resented it and many ignored it.

  3. Proclamation of 1763 • Date:1763 • What it did: After the French and Indian war. Issued by King George the 3rd , recognized the Indians rights to the land and could not settle west of the Appalachian mountains. • Colonial response: They were not happy.

  4. Stamp Act • Date: 1765 • What it did: Taxed everything printed on paper so colonists had to buy stamps for paper products. • Colonial response: The colonists ignored the stamp act and boycotted all British goods until the Parliament agreed to let the colonies have representation in the Parliament.

  5. Sons of liberty • Date: 1765 • What it did: A secret society that stated that only the colonial governments should tax. • Colonial response:

  6. Declaratory Act • Date: 1766 • What it did: Stated that parliament had full authority over legislation in the colonies. • Colonial response: Ignored in celebration over repeal of the Stamp Act.

  7. Quartering act • Date: 1765 • What it did: The colonists were forced to quarter, or house and feed British soldiers. • Colonial response: The colonists resented this. New Yorkers were especially angry because most of the troops were stationed there.

  8. Townshend acts • Date: 1767 • What it did: Made colonists pay taxes on imported tea, glass, paper and other items to pay for military cost. • Colonial response: The colonists again boycotted goods imported from England. English imports were cut in half during the boycott.

  9. Boston Massacre • Date: 1770 • What it did: British Soldiers arrive to enforce the Townshend Act. Colonists gather and begin to throw snowballs, ice, and rocks at the British soldiers. In the heat of the moment a soldier hears the word ‘Fire” and the Redcoats shoot into the crowd killing 5 people.

  10. Tea Act • Date: 1773 • What it did: The East India Tea Company would have a monopoly for tea trade in the colonies. (They would be the only company allowed to sell tea to the colonies.) • Colonial response: Colonists fear that England may grant monopolies on other products.

  11. Coercive Acts • Date: 1774 • What it did: Four of the acts were issued in direct response to the Boston Tea Party. The other act enlarged the boundaries of what was then the colony of "Canada“. • Colonial response:

More Related