Navigation Acts
1660 : closed colonies to all trade except that carried on English ships (including colonial-built ships) / tobacco trade with England only
1663 : all goods sent from Europe to the colonies must pass through England first
1673 : imposed custom duties (import fees) on coastal trade to stop smuggling
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Acts of Parliament
post French-Indian War (1763)
*ongoing: Committee of Correspondence for boycotts
Proclamation of 1763 : colonists cannot cross Mt. Appalachian
but settlers still crossed
1768: new agreement with Western Tribes
Sugar Act (1764) : sugar duty up, molasses duty down
boycotts
Currency Act (1764) : colonial assemblies cannot issue paper money
discouraged trades
Stamp Act (1765) : tax all printed documents
boycotts, “Virginia Resolves” (Patrick Henry at House of Burgesses)
repealed in 1766; at the same time, Declaratory Act
Mutiny Act (1765) / Quartering Act (1766) : colonists have to provide food and shelter for British troops
Britain disbanded NY assembly, imposed new taxes
Declaratory Act (1766) : Britain has rights to create laws in the colonies
Townshend Acts (1767) :
1) [revenue act] tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, tea
2) [indemnity act] remove duties on East Indian Company’s tea
3) [commissioners of customs act] strict regulations to halt smuggling
4) [vice admiralty court act] smugglers would be persecuted even w/out judges
5) [NY restraining act] disbanding NY assembly until they agree to Mutiny Act
boycotts on tea; “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania” (John Dickinson) : Britain cannot tax for the purpose of raising revenue
Boston Massacre (1770)
Samuel Adams (1772) in Committee of Correspondence accused English
Tea Act (1773) : East Indian Company selling tea without paying regular taxes
boycotts tea; “Boston Tea Party”, “Son / Daughter of Liberty”
passed Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) as punishments
Coercive Acts / Intolerable Acts (1774)
1) [MA gov. Act] reducing MA gov. power
2) [Boston Port Act] close Boston port until Tea Party loss was paid
3) [Administration of Justice Act] royal officers who have killed ppl can be trailed back to England
4) [Quebec Act] Quebec boundary increased
First Continental Congress (1774)
“Conciliatory Propositions” (1775) : colonies would tax themselves at Parliament’s demand
1660 : closed colonies to all trade except that carried on English ships (including colonial-built ships) / tobacco trade with England only
1663 : all goods sent from Europe to the colonies must pass through England first
1673 : imposed custom duties (import fees) on coastal trade to stop smuggling
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Acts of Parliament
post French-Indian War (1763)
*ongoing: Committee of Correspondence for boycotts
Proclamation of 1763 : colonists cannot cross Mt. Appalachian
but settlers still crossed
1768: new agreement with Western Tribes
Sugar Act (1764) : sugar duty up, molasses duty down
boycotts
Currency Act (1764) : colonial assemblies cannot issue paper money
discouraged trades
Stamp Act (1765) : tax all printed documents
boycotts, “Virginia Resolves” (Patrick Henry at House of Burgesses)
repealed in 1766; at the same time, Declaratory Act
Mutiny Act (1765) / Quartering Act (1766) : colonists have to provide food and shelter for British troops
Britain disbanded NY assembly, imposed new taxes
Declaratory Act (1766) : Britain has rights to create laws in the colonies
Townshend Acts (1767) :
1) [revenue act] tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, tea
2) [indemnity act] remove duties on East Indian Company’s tea
3) [commissioners of customs act] strict regulations to halt smuggling
4) [vice admiralty court act] smugglers would be persecuted even w/out judges
5) [NY restraining act] disbanding NY assembly until they agree to Mutiny Act
boycotts on tea; “Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania” (John Dickinson) : Britain cannot tax for the purpose of raising revenue
Boston Massacre (1770)
Samuel Adams (1772) in Committee of Correspondence accused English
Tea Act (1773) : East Indian Company selling tea without paying regular taxes
boycotts tea; “Boston Tea Party”, “Son / Daughter of Liberty”
passed Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) as punishments
Coercive Acts / Intolerable Acts (1774)
1) [MA gov. Act] reducing MA gov. power
2) [Boston Port Act] close Boston port until Tea Party loss was paid
3) [Administration of Justice Act] royal officers who have killed ppl can be trailed back to England
4) [Quebec Act] Quebec boundary increased
First Continental Congress (1774)
“Conciliatory Propositions” (1775) : colonies would tax themselves at Parliament’s demand
