1773 ⟶ Parliament Passes the Tea Act
Parliament passes the Tea Act, requiring the colonies to buy...
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1773
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📜 Sugar Act and Currency Act Passed by Parliament
The Sugar Act, intended to raise revenues, and the Currency Act, prohibiting the colonies from issuing paper money, are passed by Parliament. These Acts, coming during the economic slump that followed the French and Indian War, are resented by the colonists and lead to protest⟶
Sugar ActCurrency ActTaxationBritish PolicyEconomic GrievancesColonial Resistance
United Kingdom
United States📰 Stamp Act Passed by Parliament
Parliament enacts the Stamp Act to impose control and help defray the cost of keeping troops in America to control the colonists, imposing a tax on many types of printed materials used in the colonies. Seen as a violation of rights, the Act sparks violent demonstrations in several Colonies. In May, Virginia's House of Burgesses Patrick Henry sponsors the Virginia Resolves claiming that, under British law, Virginians could be taxed only by an assembly to which they had elected representatives⟶
Stamp ActTaxationColonial ResistanceVirginia ResolvesPatrick HenryBritish PolicyRepresentation
United KingdomUnited States🫖 Parliament Passes the Tea Act
Parliament passes the Tea Act, requiring the colonies to buy tea solely from the East India Company rather than a variety of sources now deemed illegal⟶
TeaTaxationEast India CompanyMonopolyColonial TradeBoycottEconomic PolicyBritish ParliamentPolitical Protest
United KingdomUnited States🍵 Boston Tea Party
BostonTeaProtestColonial ResistanceDirect ActionBritish East India CompanyTaxationSamuel AdamsBoston Harbor
United States📜 Parliament Passes Intolerable Acts
British pass Intolerable Acts, including:
Boston Port Act
Administration of Justice Act
Massachusetts Government Act
A second Quartering Act
Quebec Act set the terms for the governance of territory won from France in the French and Indian War; continuation of French civil law and governmental, and toleration of Catholicism; the territorial boundaries extended through the Ohio Valley, which Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut colonies expected to develop themselves.⟶
Intolerable ActsBoston Port ActAdministration of Justice ActMassachusetts Government ActQuebec ActQuartering ActBritish PolicyColonial GrievancesEscalationPunitive Measures
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