| Legislation |
Date |
What it did |
| Proclaimation of 1763 |
1763 |
Set boundaries for western settlement |
| Sugar Act |
1764 |
Lowered tax on sugar,molasses, and other products, but tightened customs customs enforcement |
| Stamp Act |
1765 |
Taxed certain types of documents |
| Declaratory Act |
1766 |
Stated that Great Britian had the right to tax the colonies |
| Townshend Act |
1767 |
Taxed glass, lead, paint, paper and tea |
| Tea Act |
1773 |
Gave East India Tea Company the sole control of tea trade |
| "Intolerable" Acts |
1774 |
Closed port of Boston |