The Acts Or Laws Of The British
Published on Nov 18, 2015
This is a Presentation of all the Law, Acts, or Taxes imposed on the colonists by the English
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
THE STAMP ACT
TAX ON EVERY OFFICIAL PAPER DOCUMENT
THE PROCLAMATION OF 1763
IT FORBID COLONIZATION BEYOND THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTS
THE SUGAR ACT
REDUCED TAX ON IMPORTED SUGAR TO GET THE COLONISTS TO STOP SMUGGLING IT
THE DECLARATORY ACTS
GAVE ENGLAND THE RIGHT TO RULE THE COLONIES AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEM
THE TOWNSHED ACTS
RAISED REVENUE BY TAXING GOOD IMPORTED INTO THE COLONIES
TEA ACT OF 1773
PLACED REDUCED TAX ON TEA IMPORTED FROM THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY
THE COERCIVE ACTS
- Also known as the “The Intolerable Acts”
- These acts were in response to the Boston Tea Party
- Boston Port Act
- The Massachusetts Government Act
- Impartial Administration of Justice Act
THE COERCIVE ACTS
- The Quartering Act
- The Quebec Acts
- British General Thomas Gage
- The next slides will go in to more details about these acts
BOSTON PORT ACT
THE PORT OF BOSTON WAS TO REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL THE MONEY FOR THE TEA HAD BEEN PAID
THE MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNMENT ACT
THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THE COLONISTS WAS GREATLY REDUCED
IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT
- All colonial meetings, otherwise approved by the British are banned
- British soldiers cannot be tried in colonial courts of law
THE QUARTERING ACT
COLONISTS HAD TO PROVIDE ROOM FOR ENGLISH SOLDIERS IF ASKED
THE QUEBEC ACT
- Gave Quebec control of disputed lands
- Reasserted rights to catholics
- Reconstituted French Civil Laws in the Quebec territory.
THOMAS GAGE
WAS MADE COMMANDER OF BRITISH ARMY IN Us AND GOVERNOR OF BOSTON
