1767 ⟶ Townshend Acts Passed by Parliament
Parliament aims to assert its right to tax the American colo...
Year
1764
1765
1766
1767
1774
1775
📜 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United KingdomUnited States📜 Stamp Act Repealed; Declaratory Act Passed
British Parliament repeals the unpopular Stamp Act but simultaneously issues the Declaratory Act, Parliament asserts its "full power and authority to make laws and statutes ... to bind the colonies and people of America ... in all cases whatsoever"; designed to overrule actions by the legislative assemblies of each colony, which had traditionally held authority⟶
Stamp Act RepealDeclaratory ActBritish PolicyTaxationParliamentary AuthorityColonial Resistance
United KingdomUnited States📜 Townshend Acts Passed by Parliament
Parliament aims to assert its right to tax the American colonies after the failure of the Sugar Act and Stamp Act. The Townshend Acts, named for Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend, are passed by Parliament, placing duties on many items imported into America. The American colonists, who were denied any representation in Parliament, strongly condemned the Acts as an egregious abuse of power.⟶
Townshend ActsTaxationBritish PolicyColonial GrievancesCharles TownshendResistance
United KingdomUnited 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
United KingdomUnited States📜 Conciliatory Resolution in Parliament
Conciliatory Resolution in Parliament⟶
ParliamentConciliationBritish PolicyAmerican ColoniesTaxationCompromise
United KingdomUnited States