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Proclamation of 1763
In response to Pontiac's Rebellion, a revolt of Native Americans led by Pontiac, an Ottawa chief, King George III declared all lands west of the Appalachian Divide off-limits to colonial settlers. This royal proclamation, issued on October 7, 1763, closed down colonial expansion westward beyond Appalachia. -
The sugar act
This law was designed to raise revenue as well as to reinforce British control over the colonies. -
The currency act
The Currency Act or Paper Bills of Credit Act is one of many several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. The Acts sought to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency -
The stamp act
the Stamp Act did nothing to further Britain’s mercantilist aims. Instead, it was designed purely to raise revenue to pay for the soldiers stationed in the colonies. -
The quartering act
It required coloniel legislatures to pay for certain supplies for british troops staioned in each colonie -
The Townshend Acts
In 1767, Parliament passed the Townshend Acts, named after Charles Townshend, a British royal treasurer. The acts placed duties on tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint,all goods that the colonies were required to purchase only from Britain -
Boston Massacre
On March 5, 1770, a boy was annoying the soilders so they hit him with a gun.A rowdy crowd gathered around the commotion, and Captain Thomas Preston led a group of seven additional soldiers out to diffuse the situation. The crowd grew larger, throwing snowballs, ice, and sticks at the soldiers. Then someone hit a soldier with a club, knocking his gun out of his hands. Suddenly Preston’s men were firing at the crowd. Five townspeople were killed and six were injured -
The townshend duties are repealed
Under financial pressure from the colonists' non importation policy. Parlament repealed all of the townshend duties except for the tax on tea. -
The gaspee affair
The Gaspee Affair was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution. HMS Gaspee was a British customs schooner that had been enforcing the Navigation Acts in and around Newport, Rhode Island in 1772 -
Bostan tea party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government -
The signing of the declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence was designed for multiple audiences: the King, the colonists, and the world. It was also designed to multitask. Its goals were to rally the troops, win foreign allies, and to announce the creation of a new country.
