Acts Chart
Directions: As you read pp. 122-145 in Norton, A People and A Nation, complete the chart below. Be sure to give lots of specific facts and details – people, places, literature, and events – that fully explain the actions taken.
PROVISIONS OF EACH BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY
THE AMERICAN REACTION TO THE BRITISH POLICY
THE BRITISH REACTION TO THE AMERIAN REACTION
1. The Molasses Act (1733): This act placed a high tariff on molasses being imported by colonists from the French West Indies; it was passed in response to complaints by British West Indian planters that they were losing money.
American merchants responded to the act by bribing and smuggling their way around the law, actions that foreshadowed the impending imperial crisis. British planters, however, could only supply 1/8 of the sugar needed by the colonists, and the colonists used this fact to justify their actions.
The British replaced the Molasses Act with the Sugar Act in 1764, signaling the end of salutary neglect that coincided with the end of the French and Indian War.
2. Proclamation of 1763: An act passed by King George III, which forbade settlers from settling past a drawn line on the Appalachian Mountains. This proclamation dealt with the management of inherited French colonies from the French and Indian War, and was used to protect Indian settlements.
Americans were quite upset with this because there was very good land and places to trade past the Appalachians. Only licensed traders were able to trade with the Indians past the drawn line, and many who had already purchased land past the line were not allowed to move.
The British originally sought for the line to be temporary, but soon realized it was better to keep the line permanent due to the because they found westward expansion was a good way to save money, keep the colonists closer to the mother country, and prevent trouble with the Indians.
3. Sugar Act (1764): An act passed that required all colonists to pay a three pence tax on
PROVISIONS OF EACH BRITISH IMPERIAL POLICY
THE AMERICAN REACTION TO THE BRITISH POLICY
THE BRITISH REACTION TO THE AMERIAN REACTION
1. The Molasses Act (1733): This act placed a high tariff on molasses being imported by colonists from the French West Indies; it was passed in response to complaints by British West Indian planters that they were losing money.
American merchants responded to the act by bribing and smuggling their way around the law, actions that foreshadowed the impending imperial crisis. British planters, however, could only supply 1/8 of the sugar needed by the colonists, and the colonists used this fact to justify their actions.
The British replaced the Molasses Act with the Sugar Act in 1764, signaling the end of salutary neglect that coincided with the end of the French and Indian War.
2. Proclamation of 1763: An act passed by King George III, which forbade settlers from settling past a drawn line on the Appalachian Mountains. This proclamation dealt with the management of inherited French colonies from the French and Indian War, and was used to protect Indian settlements.
Americans were quite upset with this because there was very good land and places to trade past the Appalachians. Only licensed traders were able to trade with the Indians past the drawn line, and many who had already purchased land past the line were not allowed to move.
The British originally sought for the line to be temporary, but soon realized it was better to keep the line permanent due to the because they found westward expansion was a good way to save money, keep the colonists closer to the mother country, and prevent trouble with the Indians.
3. Sugar Act (1764): An act passed that required all colonists to pay a three pence tax on