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Proclamation of 1763
The British created the Proclamation of 1763 to stop colonists from exploring and settling west of the Appalachian Mountain, trying to perserve the land for the Native Americans. This appealed to the British officials because it gave them control of westward migration. This, however, made the colonists angry because it gave them less room for their new colonies to grow. -
Sugar Act
In 1764, the British put a tax on all sugar and molases that was imported from the West Indies, which was an update on the previous Sugar Act, written in 1733. This act made Northern merchants angry. They were angry because they thought that this tax would severely harm the rum industry. -
The Currency Act
This act made the British parliment absolute power over the colonial currency system. It made it illegal to distribute any new bills, and forced the colonists to recirculate old ones, due to the lack of gold and silver to back up the money that was being made. -
Stamp Act
This act was created to requite a government tax on stamps on legal documents, papers, and even playing cards. This caused the colonists to burn stamps, and start riots. They also asked Parliment to repeal the act. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act stated that colonists must find living spaces for British soldiers that were stationed in America. The colonists saw the act as another attack on their rights. -
The Declaratory Act
This act made the colonies depend more of Great Britain. It made it so that all laws made in America had to be run through and passed by Britain before going into effect. -
The Townshend Acts
These were a series of acts passed by British Parliment that taxes certain items that were shipped from Europe and the West Indies. Many of the Americans in charge went to England to talk to Parliment about repealing the acts. This was sucessful, but only fora small amountof time. -
Boston Massacre
In Boston Square, British troops opened fire on citizens after being harassed by them. Only 5 colonists ended up dying. This made the colonists beg and demand for the removal of British troops in the colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a day where the colonists broke into the British Tea Ships in Boston Harbor, and raided the chests of tea. They then dumped all the tea bags into the harbor. This made the British officials angry, and it also made them make more strict laws on taxes, and other things. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of acts passed by Parliment to punish the colonists. These included closing Boston Harbor, and giving more power to the Royal Government. This gave a lot of grievences to Britain. -
Atricles of Association
This document prohibited the action of trade between anyone and Breat Britain. This was one of the only acts that was supported by the colonists, because it put Great Britain into isolation for a period of time, albeit it was short. -
First Continential Congress
The congress met for over a period of about a month, discussing the representation of each state in the country. They agreed that each colony would only have one vote, no matter the size of the state. Smaller states liked this idea, but larger stated thought that they should have more representation. This did, however, bring the nation together as Americans. -
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
This was when Paul Revere rode north through present day Quiuncy Market, towards Cambridge, to warn the citizens that "the British were coming", a warning that English soldiers were coming to fight. -
Battles of Lexington an Concord
These were some of the events that started the Revolutionary War. This is when King George III asked English troops to attack Lexington and Concord, two towns in Massachussetts. The minutemen met them there, and the first gunshot was known as the "gunshot heard 'round the world". -
The Revolutionary War Begins
