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albany plan
The Albany Plan was a plan to get all the colonies closer together to watch over all of them. this also gave the British the okay to tax the colonies whenever or when they wanted the money. this event led the colonies to join together to stop the taxing and the supervision of the British. -
Quartering act
The Quartering Act was an act of the British invading the colony's homes without their permission. also breaking the Bill of Rights where they were not allowed to keep a standing army without the consent of the parliament the colonists wondered why the British did not withdraw from the colonies after the French had been defeated. This had led the colonies together to get the British out of the colonies. -
royal proclamation
The Royal Proclamation is an event that was established by King George III after the British won the seven-year war this was a document that told the colonies that they could not buy land unless it was first bought under the crown. This will eventually lead the colonies together to stop this Proclamation and be able to buy land again. -
Stamp act
The Stamp Act was a tax on all paper documents because the British were deep in debt after the seven-year war and looked toward the colonies for money taxing them as a way to fix their debt. This will lead the colonies together because the people in the colonies felt like this was a tax on their freedom and there ideas on paper -
Boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was an event that changed the colonies this event happened because the rioters threw a wooden club and it hit a British general then he hit a rioter in the face with a gun and then they started shooting that's how the Boston Massacre happened. This will make the colonies come closer together to fight back for the deaths of there friends. -
boston tea party
The Boston Tea Party took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773. 342 chests of tea that the British East India Company had brought in were dumped into the harbor by American colonists who were enraged and mad at Britain for enforcing "taxation without representation." This was the first significant act of colonists' resistance against British control. It inspired American patriots to fight for independence by demonstrating to Great Britain that Americans would not take taxation. -
prohibitory act
The Prohibition Act of December 1775, which ended trade between England and its colonies and took the colonies out of the King's protection, left colonial trade boats vulnerable to attacks from both England and other nations. Congress responded by releasing a broadside in which it was declared that American ships would retaliate aggressively, equipping commerce ships and seizing English vessels as a "lawful Prize." this led the colonies together to get their trade back and there protection.