road to constitution

british and french war

Jun 21, 1752

the war between fance and britain had been going on since june 21st 1752 but it was declaired 1756. this war lasted 7 years until 1763. britain found itself a head in the war effort and ended up winning the war but losing financially. britain found itself in a lot of debt and dumped it off on the american colonies and took it out on them. this is why britain taxed the colonies so much. the colonists were suffering from taxes and this violated the right of life.

proclamation act

Oct 7, 1763

The proclamation act was a law saying settlers cannot settle on indan territory. this act saved britain money for protection against the colonists. when the settlers moved torward indian territoy it caused more conflict and deaths.the colonists thought the british were keeping them from owning territory. this violated the right to own property

stamp act

Mar 22, 1765

the stamp act helped the control of trade. this made it so people had to pay for the mail of official documents. the stamp act helped pay for the shipment of mail. the stamp act was passed around the same time as the quartering act.this made the colonists angry because they had another thing to pay taxes on. this violated the right to liberty.

the quartering act

Mar 24, 1765

the quartering act made the settlers house british soldiers. the colonists had to let the british soldiers in there own homes.this caused the coloinists to be angry because there right to property to be taken away.

decloritory act

Mar 18, 1766

the decloritory act meant britain declaired full authority over the american colonies. this made the colonies very active in the fight for freedom. britain had taken the colonists right to liberty.