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Albany Plan of Union
Founded by Benjamin Franklin as a result of the war effort and agitation of the British. This plan entitled the colonies to unite under British rule and cooperate with one another in war. This plan was designed as the outcome of British debt from the French Indian War. The British believed that the colonists should be required to contribute to the restitution. -
Pontiac's Rebellion
British and French forces recognized the tactic of the American Indians which was the protection and concealment from war, the Natives responded by raided British forts in hopes to weaken the British and bring back the French to the Americas. -
Proclamation of 1763
British proposal to designate land to the colonists west of the Appalachian Mountains. The colonists refused to migrate westward because of the absence of ensured protection for the people. The British agreement for peace with the Natives in exchange for the restraint of settlers. The colonists responded by refusing to leave the land in which they have pride in. -
Introduction of Taxation
Just after the British fell into debt following the French and Indian War, Parliament developed the idea that the colonies should contribute to their economic situation. Parliament acknowledged that the British needed funding to resolve the debt, and knew just the people to ask. The British ceased opportunity of applying extra cost on all American goods to contribute to the debt. This action angered many colonists and sparked negativity and violence with the colonists. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first sign of parliament's efforts of funding money from the colonies by imposing a direct tax. The act applied additional cost to all printed materials angered the colonists by the threat against their liberty and prosperity. This action launched political disagreement regarding representation of the colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party
The remaining tax enforced on the colonies was the tax on tea. In hopes to benefit the British East India Company, Parliament passed a law which allowed the company to directly sell to the colonists. Instead of purchasing the tea, the colonists believed they were being deceived into paying the additional tax. As a result, the people boarded three British ships with tea and dumped the cargo overboard into the Boston Harbor.
