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28 Σεπ 2023 · 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. Colonial America suffered from a lack of hard money due to the mercantile system, under which colonies exported relatively cheap raw materials and imported relatively expensive manufactured goods.
10 Απρ 2024 · In 1764, the British Parliament passed the Currency Act to regulate colonial trade and finances during the French and Indian War. This act prohibited the American colonies from printing their own paper money and required them to solely use British currency, which was scarce in the colonies.
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.
On September 1, 1764, Parliament passed the Currency Act, effectively assuming control of the colonial currency system. The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency.
2 Οκτ 2020 · 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 ...
To protect British merchants and creditors from depreciated colonial currency, this act regulated currency, abolishing the colonies' paper currency in favor of a system based on the pound sterling.
