Pre-revolutionary acts

Albany plan of union

developed by benjamin Franklin that provided for an intercolonial government for recruiting troops and collecting taxes

sugar act (1765)

also known as revenue act of 1764, placed duties on foreign sugar and certain luxuries its supporters wanted to regulate the sugar trade and raise revenue

Quartering Act (1765)

required colonists to provide food and living quarters for British Soldiers stationed in the colonies

Stamp act (1765)

required the revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies including all legal documents newspapers, pamphlets and advertisements; first direct tax; repealed in 1766

Declaratory Act (1766)

asserted that parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies in all cases whatsoever

Townshend Acts (1767)

collected on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper; the revenue generated would be used to pay crown officials in the colonies; repealed in 1770

Tea Act (1773)

granted the East India company the righ to ship its tea directly to the colonies without stopping in England, giving it an almost monopoly

Coercive Acts (1774)

4 acts designed to punish the people of boston and massachusetts and bring them back under control

Port Act

closed the port of boston, prohibiting trade until the lost tea had been paid for.

massachusetts government act

reduced the power of the Massachusetts legislature while increasing the power of the royal governor

administration of justice act

allowed royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in Great Britain instead of the colonies

Quebec Act (1774)

establish Roman catholicism as official religion of Quebec, also set up government without a representative assembly and extended quebecs boundary into the ohio river