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Proclamation of 1763
The king created a line where colonists were not to go west of, this was to make sure war would not break out between the colonists and the native americans. The colonists did not see this the same way, so it angered the colonists, at England. (On the map; the dark red notes land on the “good” side of the proclamation line) -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. This was to make the mother country more money, because in the end, it’s all about the $$. This again, makes colonists mad at England. -
Sons of Liberty
This group would take effigies of tax collectors or stamp distributors, and hang, tar, and feather the effigy. If these people did not resign, they would actually tar and feather them, pour scalding tea down their throats and ransack their homes. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was also known as the Incident on King Street, in which British soldiers killed 5 civilian men, and wounded six others. Can you really aggravate the colonists much more? Surely they have a breaking point... -
Tea Act
This act was made to reduce the large amount of surplus tea the British East India Company had, in London. So the objective was to lower prices below smuggled tea prices to send a message to the colonists that it was a good thing to buy Company tea. Although England let them export it duty free, the importing still cost money, making the company tea more expensive than smuggled tea, but still cracking down on smuggled teas. This aggravated the colonists, and would lead to the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
This event was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty, in Boston. Bostonian colonists dressed up as Native Americans, got on board to numerous cargo ships, and removed the tea from ships into the bay. This made England mad at the colonies, just adding more and more tension. -
Lexington and Concord
The colonists could only take so much... Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American Revolutionary war. It occurred in the Massachusetts bay area, in the cities of Lexington, Concord, (wow!) Cambridge, and modern day Arlington. When you go to war with people, this typically tends to make them mad at you. -
Second Continental Congress
This was a convention of delegates from the thirteen colonies that met in Philadelphia. This managed the revolutionary war efforts, and was moving toward independence. -
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
Thomas Paine began writing Common Sense in January of 1776. This was a pamphlet that was said to be “written by an englishman,” and (Surprise!) it wasn’t. This bashed the British Rule, making it popular in the colonies because, they thought it was a Brit putting down their own government. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document adopted by the Continental Congress, which announced that the thirteen colonies now regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of Britain. This finally freed the American colonies from Great Britain.
