THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION

Navigation Acts ( s)  The Navigation Acts were efforts to put the theory of mercantilism into actual practice. Beginning in 1650, Parliament acted to combat the threat of the rapidly growing Dutch carrying trade. Later laws were passed in 1651, 1660, 1662, 1663, 1670 and A companion enforcement law was enacted in 1696.

Proclamation Of 1763  The end of the French and Indian War in 1763 was a cause for great celebration in the colonies, for it removed several ominous barriers and opened up a host of new oppurtunities for the colonists. The French had effectively hemmed in the British settlers and had, from the perspective of the settlers, played the "Indians" against them.

Currency Act (1764)  The colonies suffered a constant shortage of currency with which to conduct trade. There were no gold or silver mines and currency could only be obtained through trade as regulated by Great Britain. Many of the colonies felt no alternative to printing their own paper money in the form of Bills of Credit

Stamp Act (1765)  Passed another Law to raise money. This Law Placed Taxes on almost all printed materials.

Declaratory act(1765)  The government repealed the Stamp Act because boycotts were hurting British trade and used the declaration to justify the repeal and save face. The declaration stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to make binding laws on the American colonies.

Quartering act (1765)  Parliament passed the Quartering Act to address the practical concerns of such a troop deployment. Under the terms of this legislation, each colonial assembly was directed to provide for the basic needs of soldiers stationed within its borders.

Townshend acts (1767)  a series of laws passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program

Boston massacre (1770)  an incident, in which British redcoats killed five civilian men. British troops had been stationed in Boston since 1768 in order to protect and support crown- appointed colonial officials attempting to enforce unpopular Parliamentary legislation

Tea act/ Boston tea party (1773)  a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British governments and the monopolistic east India company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies

COERCIVE (INTOLERABLE ACTS 1774)  Very harsh laws that intended to punish the people of Massachusetts for their resistance