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What were the laws in the colonies?
Many of the early colonial laws were aimed at keeping the servants, slaves, and youth in line. Other laws punished colonists for not properly observing the Sabbath (Sunday, observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians) and skipping religious services. Some colonial laws even banned traveling on Sundays.
How did the laws that Britain passed impact the colonists?
The American Revolution was precipitated, in part, by a series of laws passed between 1763 and 1775 that regulating trade and taxes. Since enforcement of these duties had previously been lax, this ultimately increased revenue for the British Government and served to increase the taxes paid by the colonists.
How did some colonists protest this law?
How did some colonists protest to the Proclamation of 1763? How did some colonists protest to the Stamp Act? They sent messages to the Parliament refusing to buy stamps, attacked tax collectors homes, and buried tax collectors alive. How did the British government react to the protesters of the Stamp Act?
Why did the British and colonist fight?
The colonists fought the British because they wanted to be free from Britain. The British forced colonists to allow British soldiers to sleep and eat in their homes. The colonists joined together to fight Britain and gain independence. They fought the War of Independence from 1775 to 1783.
How did British laws affect the American colonies?
Great Britain faced renewed colonial resistance to the taxes, and by 1770 all but the tax on tea had been repealed. In 1773 a law was passed giving the British East India Company tax-free status in the colonies. All other tea continued to be taxed, and American tea companies couldn’t compete.
Why did the British pass laws in 1763?
Since the war benefited the many American colonists from England, the British government reasoned colonists should help pay for it. Laws passed between 1763 and 1775 regulated trade in the colonies and imposed new taxes to refill British coffers.
What was the purpose of the Colonial Act?
The act required colonial assemblies to provide housing, food and drink to British troops stationed in their towns with the purpose of improving living conditions and decreasing the cost to the crown. Soldiers were to be housed in barracks or empty public buildings and not in private residences.
What was the British Currency Act of 1764?
A subsequent Currency Act enacted in 1764 extended the policy to all British colonies in the Americas increasing more tension between Britain and America. It amended the existing 1733 Molasses Act.