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Proclamation of 1763
The British told the colonist that they cannot settle west of the Appalachian mountains because they did not want to fight with the Americans Colonist and the reaction was that colonists and land speculators petitioned Parliament, which resulted in the boundary line being moved back. -
Sugar act
Law by the British Parliament to put taxes on sugar imported by the colonies and the colonist reaction was that they refused to buy English products, and this earned the attention of Great Britain by hurting them financially. -
Quartering Act
Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies, the colonist reaction was disputed the legality of this act because it seemed to violate the Bill of Rights of 1689. -
Repeal of Stamp Act
After months of protest, and an appeal by Benjamin Franklin before the British House of Commons, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766. However, the same day, Parliament passed the Declaratory Acts, asserting that the British government had free and total legislative power over the colonies. and the colonist were happy that the appeal went through. -
Townshend Act
tax on glass, paper, paint, and tea to pay royal salaries met with smuggling, the Townshend Acts were actually a series of taxes and laws imposed upon the colonists. -
Boston Massacre
The first bloodshed of the American Revolution, as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans. -
Tea act
This allowed the British East India Company to bypass tea merchants and sell directly to colonists and the colonists were not happy about the tax on tea because they drink a lot of tea. -
Lexington and Concord
The first shots fired in the Revolutionary War, on April 19, 1775, near Boston; approximately 100 minutemen and 250 British soldiers were killed Colonist Reaction: While the colonists lost many minutemen, the Battles of Lexington and Concord were considered a major military victory and displayed to the British and King George III that unjust behavior would not be tolerated in America. -
Second Continental Congress
They organized the continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence Colonist Reaction: It recruited an Army. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
First major battle of the Revolution. It showed that the Americans could hold their own, but the British were also not easy to defeat. Ultimately, the Americans were forced to withdraw after running out of ammunition, however, the British suffered more deaths. Colonist Reaction: The inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost.
