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The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was signed on October 7th forbidding settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains this area was supposed to be set aside and governed. This was all done because the British government kept having troubles with the Chief Pontiac of the Ottawa tribe so this is why the land was then signed off as theirs and no one was allowed to go over or else it was free reign. -
The Currency Act (1764)
The Currency Act was an act that prohibited the colonists from using paper money. The Acts were supposed to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in “fake/fraudulent” money. This left the colonists underpaid for years since they couldn’t print their own money. -
The Stamp Act (1765)
The Stamp Act happened in March of 1765. It was an act where the British put unfair taxes on the colonists for everything they bought. The colonists never agreed because of how much money was being asked for so all that was accomplished was arguments, riots, and protesting. -
The Quartering Act (1765)
The Quartering Act allowed British military to demand people to house their British troops. If people refused to house them then they would have to pay for them to stay at a hotel or some sort of housing. Not only did they have to pay for housing but they also had to pay for all of the food. -
The Townshend Acts (1767)
The Townshend Acts was where Parliament tried to tax the colonists items that were shipped in from Great Britain. The colonists were furious at this point and boycotted by not buying the products from Great Britain which then started even more of a disagreement. -
The Boston Massacre (1770)
As the tension got worse between the British occupiers and residents it became a very argumentative place to live. It all started with a citizen and soldier getting into an argument and things escalated quickly and ended with three dead people. -
The Boston Tea Party (1773)
The British took out their taxes but still continued to tax the tea. They enforced the Tea Act so that they could make more money but take money from the Americans. This obviously didn’t settle well so they set up a secret attack on the Boston harbor and destroyed 92,000 lbs of tea. -
The Coercive Acts (1774)
The Coercive Acts was the result of the Boston Tea Party. Parliament closed the Boston Harbor and refused to open it until all of the destroyed tea was paid for. The councils representation got disregarded and got replaced with people that were all appointed by people from the British government. -
Lexington and Concord (1775)
A British General led a group of soldiers to Lexington to try and clear out the colonists. However the Americans found this out and were very prepared for when the British came through. When all of the fighting came to an end only 7 Americans died while the British had 73 dead and 174 brutally wounded. This fight became a clear image to the British that the colonists weren’t just going to lay down and take it. This would soon help start to lead America to its independence. -
British attacks on coastal towns (1775-1776)
The northern and southern colonies ideas and thoughts didn’t exactly line up. For example the southerners didn’t want the “Yankees” to buy their crops. However a sudden change in events caused the colonies to get along because the British started putting out hits on coastal towns such as naval attacks and burning down the towns. This caused the colonies to join together to fight against such an evil force.