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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III and was after the French and Indian war. It was that the British could tax the colonists without representation and that colonists could not settle near the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists who were already settled there were forced to give up their land and leave immediately. -
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Causes Of The American Revolution
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The Sugar Act
Also known as the American Revenue act, the Sugar Act was issued by the British parliament of Great Britain in 1764. It was a law designed to raise revenue from the colonists by putting a tax on sugar and molasses. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. It was for all American colonists that taxed them on every piece of paper they used. Such as, newspapers, writing papers, and even legal documents. -
Quartering Act of 1765
A law passed by the British parliament that all soldiers had to stay in barracks but if the barracks were full, soldiers could stay in homes and families must provide for them. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were multiple acts passed by the British Parliament that tried to what it believed to be the historic right to exert authority over the 13 colonies that caused very strict provisions and it suspended the representative assembly. -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when British soldiers killed 5 american colonists because of rising tensions in the colonists. They were worried because american colonists had been growing and more of them had been arriving since the British troops came. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was when Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty got on a British ship and and threw 342 chests of tea off the ship and into the water. This act pushed the 2 sides closer to war -
Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
The Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts were acts of punitive laws issued by the British. They were meant to punish the colonists of Massachusetts because of the Boston tea party. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was the meeting of delegates from 12 colonies. They met in Philadelphia at Carpenters Hall during the Early Times of the Revolutionary War.
