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10 Απρ 2024 · The Currency Act of 1764 was a British law passed by Parliament to regulate the currency system in the American colonies. It aimed to standardize and stabilize the currency by prohibiting the colonies from issuing their own paper money.
28 Σεπ 2023 · Currency Act — Quick Facts. Key facts and important details about the Currency Act of 1764 for kids doing research and students studying for the AP U.S. History (APUSH) exam.
The Currency Act or Paper Bills of Credit Act is one of several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. The Acts sought to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency.
The Currency Act of 1764, banned the use of paper money in the American colonies and helped fan the flames of the American Revolution.
3 ημέρες πριν · II. And whereas the great quantities of paper bills, or bills of credit, which are now actually in circulation and currency in several colonies or plantations is America, emitted in pursuance of acts of assembly declaring such bills a legal tender, make it highly expedient that the conditions and terms, upon which such bills have been emitted ...
The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. Parliament favored a "hard currency" system based on the pound sterling, but was not inclined to regulate the colonial bills.
The National Currency Act. This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world’s books discoverable online.
