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Proclamation
This proclamation was to bring peace between the colonists and the Native Americans, after the French and Inian War. King George III decide that colonists would stay east of the Applachian Moutain and the Native Americans on the other side. The colonists didn't liked King George III idea because most land had been claimed, and called him a tyrant. Eventually colonists moved toward the weast where there were they could settle. -
Stamp Act
From the French/Indian War Britian was under a lot of debt. To pay this debt King George the third announced a new law called the "Stamp Act". This law was a way to tax colonists by forcing them to by a stamp for every piece of paper they used. The colonists weren't happy and protest with solgan such like - "No taxation without representation". After months of protesting the law was repealed. -
Quartering Act
Britian sent 7500 soilder to protect and allow the colonist to stay in peace as well as to stop them from disobeying the laws. The law that the colonists recived was the "Ouatering Act" this was about colonists providing housing including candles, firing, bedding, cooking utensils, salt, vinegar, anbeer. This law angered the colonist because they did nothing but to eat their food and money and do no work of repay. -
The Townshend Acts
Charles Townshend, also know as "Champagne Charlie" decided to tax the colonists even more by putting a tax on daily goods imported from England. The angry conlinist decided to boycott goods imported from England by refusing to buy the goods and making their own supplies. This act was eventually repealed. -
The Boston Massacre
From days of Bostonians (colonists) teasing British soldiers "lobster backs" and other ways of threating them lead to 5 Bostanias shot dead. General Gage, the commander of the British army in America, referred as “the people were as Lawless…after the Troops arrived, as they were before.” -
The Tea Act
The only thing that was left to pay taxes were tea, but then British East India Company was going broke so Lord North decided to sell the tea at a low price and only letting them to buy tea from their company. Even he had lowered the cost every colonists had boycotted the taxed tea so to fool the colonist Lord North lowered the tea's price even more, but unfooled colonists got angry and snuck on to the three cargo ships dumped 374 chests filled with tea in to the Harbor sea which is known as -
The Intolerable Acts
The colonists received a new set of laws from Britain which thought were "intolerable". In response, the colonies began to unite. There were loyalists who believed that they have taken the Boston Tea Party bit too far, and agreed that it should be the Bostonians to pay the damage and blamed the misguided Patriots . In September, leaders from the 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia and named it "The First Continental Congress"
