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Proclamation of 1763
This praclamation did not allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.The British government 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 enraged by this proclamation because they felt they had won the right to settle in the Ohio River Valley after winning the French and Indian War. -
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Road to Revolution
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the Quartering act
the Quartering act was passed by the Parliment in 1765.The colonists were required to give the soldiers shelter and supplies.Most of the troops were in New York. -
the townshed acts
Charles Townshed told the members of Parliment that he had a way to raise revenue in the colonies.That made British red coats stay in whatrever house they wanted to stay in. -
Tea act and the boston tea party
The tea act said thet the colonists could only buy tea from the british east india company and pay taxes for it.The reason the british did this is to let colonists know that they still had control over them.The colonists got mad and they went to the boats and spilled all the tea in the ocean,which was the Boston tea party. -
Intolerable acts
The intolerable acts were in the result of the boston tea party.The british lost money because of the tea party and put the Intolerable acts because the colonists didn't pay for the tea. -
battle of lexington and concord
The battle of lexington and concord was in April 19,1775. The battles were the first military engagments of the American Revolutionary war. About 700 British Army regulars, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. -
Olive and branch petition
the olive brach petition was in July 5,1775.John Dickinson drafted the Olive Branch Petition, which was adopted by the Second Continental Congress and submitted to King George.It was an attempt to assert the rights of the colonists while maintaining their loyalty to the British crown. King George refused to read the petition and on August 23 proclaimed that the colonists had "proceeded to open and avowed rebellion. -
Declaration of Independance
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been expressed by John Locke and the Continental philosophers.
