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Proclamation
This Proclamation did not allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. THe British goverment feared the conflict between colonists and Native Americans would lead to another war. THey also could not afford to pay British troops to defend the western lands. Colonists were engranged by this Proclamation because they felt they had won the right to settle in the Ohioi River Valley after winning the French and Indian War -
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Road To Revolution
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Quartering Act
This act had to supply the Brtish soldiers with a plac e to saty and get food. ALso it was to serve the soldiers that serve North America -
Townshends Act
A law passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly and established taxes on goods brought in to the British colonies -
Tea Act and Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act was the taxing on the tea. The colonist got angry and protested not to tax on the tea. The Boston Tea Party was the colonists dumping hundered chests of tea on the Boston Harber. -
Intolerable Acts
Parliament passed a low that punish the Massachusetts Colony and serve as a warning to other colonies. These laws were called Coerrive Acts bbu tthen colonists were so harsh they called it the Intolerable Acts -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
This battle was against the British and the colony miltia. This Battle was the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The British would retreat and would bring more men against the miltia. The militia had built forts to protect them selves from fire from the British -
Olive Branch Petition
The document asked the king to restore harmony between Briatain and the colonies. Member s dislike the idea but they didn't have a chance. The kings rejected and punished the colonies. -
Delaration Of Independence
TBenjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jeffersonwere the comitte of ths document
