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Proclamation Act of 1763
The Proclamation of Act happened exactly on October 7, 1963. This Act brought any expansion on the country to a stop west of the Appalachian Mountains. The British government was very controlling and didn't care about America and following the French & Indian War, Britain's debt increased. This leads to the American Revolution because this leads to new taxes that include lots of unrest and violence. This also prevented expansion in the west. -
Sugar Act of 1764
The Sugar Act was another tax that was put into place on sugar and rum. This affected trade merchants in the North. As well as the later passed Stamp Act, the significance of the Sugar Act is it was the first time Parliament taxed American colonies to make money in Britain. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act gave a new tax on all paper goods such as envelopes and paper after the 7 Year's War. Colonists believed that this tax was "unconstitutional" which led to to violence and lots of tax collectors resigning. While the Stamp Act was repealed, it was replaced with the Declaratory Act. The significance of this event is that the colonists thought that they shouldn't be taxed and kept that private until it played a part in the Revolutionary War, and America gaining independence. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act required authorities within the colonies to provide British forces with basic necessities like food, water, and transportation. This Act was mostly hated by colonists in New York because that's where quartering was for the soldiers. This event relates to the leading of the Revolutionary War because it gave supplies to Britain rather than American colonists. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington and Concord was the start of the American Revolution. Between the 13 colonies and the British government. tension had risen tremendously. This battle began by British troops marching down to Concord. A man by the name of Paul Revere, sounded the siren and the American military started their journey to stop the British. The confrontation happened in Lexington where both sides started fighting.This event persuaded Americans to support the cause of independence. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act's purpose was to bail out the East Indian Tea Company instead of generating revenue for the colonies. The British government gave the tea company a monopoly on the sale of tea. On December 16, 1773, resistance had grew and the colonies got onto a ship and dumped this tea overboard. This event led to the Revolutionary War because it was another tax that wasn't new to colonists but the resistance increased. -
Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were laws that the British government passed to punish Massachusetts Bay after the Boston Tea Party. These acts were another example of resistance growing leading up to the Revolutionary War. An example of these acts is on June 1, 1774, when Boston's port to commercial traffic was closed. This relates to the Revolutionary War, because these policies "sowed the seeds" of American rebellion, which later led to the outbreak of the War in 1775.