Parliament Acts (test #3)

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NOTE: you probably only need to study these acts:

Townshend Revenue Act, Tea Act, Stamp Act, Massachusetts Gov. Act, Quebec Act :)

Navigation Act

an act passed that says all goods must travel on British ships

Proclamation Act

An act that stopped colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains (the line that they were not allowed to cross was called the Proclamation Line)

Purpose of the Proclamation Act

• for the British to protect their citizens from native conflicts

• for the British to earn all monetary gain from land deals pass the Proc. Line

Declaratory Act

Allowed England to place any and all laws on the colonies, including taxes

Molasses Act

taxes on sugar and molasses

• (this act failed)

Sugar Act

spreads taxes out over a bunch of little things

• a replacement for the Molasses Act

Stamp Act

any paper goods required a stamp

• ex: playing cards, legal documents, etc.

What was the Stamp Act Congress?

a meeting of colonists where they tried to figure out how to get rid of the act

What is the effect of the Stamp Act Congress on England?

England realizes that the colonists are starting to band together and work against them, so they repeal the Stamp Act

Townsend Revenue Act

forced colonists to pay taxes on goods imported from England

• they used to get goods from england for free

• these taxes were SMALL compared to taxes imposed on other GB colonies

Why did the townshend rev. act make the colonists upset?

it was seen as a “for profit act”

• they were getting taxed without getting represented in the GB government

• taxation w/out representation

Currency Act

all the money in the colonies had to switch to be British pounds

• aka Britain controls the value of the currency

Benefit of the Currency Act

originally, all colonies used their own form of currency —→ led to the smaller colonies being unable to keep up with the bigger colonies currencies

• Britain evened the playing field for smaller colonies economically

Tea Act

GB lowered the price on their own East India Tea and kept the tax on everyone else’s teas

• essentially GB trying to make their own goods seem more favorable to buy for the colonies

Colonies reaction to Tea Act

they felt that GB was trying to monopolize the tea business through them

• colonists dressed as native americans and threw the tea into the river as protest (Boston Tea Party)

Boston Port Act

England shut down the port in Boston to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party

Consequence for GB from the Boston Port Act

GB lost money since they closed one of the biggest ports that allowed the trade of their goods

Massachusetts Government Act

GB shut down the system of government in Boston

• the government wouldn’t turn in the criminals who had thrown the tea into the river to the British

Administration of Justice Act:

passed to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party

• said that officials could grab people accused of capital offense and put them on trial somewhere OTHER than massachusetts

Other name for Administration of Justice Act

George Washington called it the murder act

• first time GDUBS gets seen in a positive light

Quebec Act:

GB gives Quebec to France for French Control

• Quebec alr had French influence (and religious french ppl)

What did the Quebec Act signify for the colonies?

it was GB saying, “I would rather side with my biggest enemy and give them land than side with my own colony”

Quartering Act I (1765):

said that England could come onto the colonist’s land and take whatever they wanted (including your food, your land, etc.)

• was written poorly and therefore interpreted this way

Reaction and response to Quartering Act I

colonists were outraged

• England had to hold a meeting saying they were wrong and that the British crown messed up

  • this was big because the British Crown is NEVER wrong

Quartering Act II (1774):

Housing of soldiers ONLY required during times of war

• (think amendment #3 for US)