Proclamation and Acts
American Revolution
Proclamation Act of 1763
Drew a line North and South along the Appalachian Mountains and declared colonists could not settle any lands west.
Sugar Act (1764)
Raised tax rates on imports of raw sugar and molasses.
Currency Act of 1764
Banned the use of paper money in the colonies.
Quartering Act
Required colonists to provide barracks for British troops
Declaratory Act
Asserted that the colonies were subordinate to the British Parliament.
Townshend Act of 1767
Put new customs on glass, lead, paper, paint and tea.
Tea Act of 1773
Enraged merchants who feared that it was to squeeze them out of business.
*Because of this The Boston Tea Party occurred*
Quebec Act of 1774
had no real effect toward the colonists but still angered them.
The Coercive Acts of 1774
Acts that only applied to Massachusetts but were also meant to deter the other colonies.
Intolerable Acts of 1774
The Coercive Acts and Quebec Acts