Reaction to the Sugar Act – A Boycott of British Products Sugar Act 1764 1764 Act that put a three-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine. Reaction to the Sugar Act – A Boycott of British Products

Currency act- 1764- - Parliament regulated the flow of paper money in the - colonies no gold or silver mines in the colonies - colonists constantly had a shortage of money that could only be obtained by trading with Britain COLONIAL REACTION Colonial governments petitioned its repeal …especially Benjamin Franklin

Stamp act 1765 A law passed by the British government in tax on papers and documents, including newspapers, that were produced in the American colonies. REACTION TO THE STAMP ACT The Colonists reacted immediately, asserting that the Stamp Act was an attempt to raise money in the colonies without the approval of colonial legislatures. Resistance to the act was demonstrated through debates in the colonial legislatures, written documents (including legislative resolves, prints, and songs), and mob/crowd actions such as tarring and feathering tax collectors NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENATION

REACTION TO THE QUARTERING ACT QUARTERING ACT, 1765 requiring colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces stationed in their towns or villages. REACTION TO THE QUARTERING ACT NEGATIVE REACTION SEEN AS A TAX The New York colonial assembly refused to comply and was censured by Parliament

REACTION TO THE DECLARATORY ACT- Declaratory act, 1766 gave Parliament the same authority in American colonies as it had in Britain, including the ability to pass laws. It also gave Britain a way to continue taxing the colonists in America. REACTION TO THE DECLARATORY ACT- LARGELY IGNORED BECAUSE OF THE REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT

Townshend acts, 1767 New duties on imported goods like: glass, lead, paper, paints, tea; customs collections tightened in America REACTION TO TOWNSHEND ACTS Nonimportation (BOYCOTT) of British goods; assemblies protest; newspapers attack British policy

INTOLERABLE ACTS Passed by parliament after the tea party INTOLERABLE ACTS Passed by parliament after the tea party. Closed Boston harbor severely limited colonial governments quartering act trials of accused royal officials take place in Great Britain Reaction to the Intolerable Acts drove the colonists to call the First Continental Congress in 1774 and band together to form a collective resistance against British oppression. Called for a boycott militia

REACTION TO THE BOSTON MASSACRE- Boston massacre, 1770 an angry mob of colonists began to throw snowballs at the redcoats. Redcoats responded with bullets. 5 colonists died REACTION TO THE BOSTON MASSACRE- Produced just three weeks after the Boston Massacre, Paul Revere’s historic engraving,“The Bloody Massacre in King-Street,” was probably the most effective piece of war propaganda in American history. Not an accurate depiction of the actual event. Gained the support of the other colonies

COLONIAL REACTION TO THE TEA ACT Tea act, 1773 The Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies. COLONIAL REACTION TO THE TEA ACT BOSTON TEA PARTY SONS OF LIBERTY DUMPED 342 CHESTS OF TEA INTO BOSTON HARBOR

QUEBEC ACT, 1774 QUEBEC ACT, a law that recognized the Roman Catholic Church as the established church in Quebec. An appointed council, rather than an elected body, would make the major decisions for the colony. The boundary of Quebec was extended into the Ohio Valley. . REACTION TO THE QUEBEC ACT In the wake of the passage of the Quebec Act, rage spread through the 13 colonies. With this one act, the British Crown granted land to the French in Quebec that was clearly desired by the American colonists

Continental Congress – Asks the king to reconsider the intolerable acts… organize a militia King ignores