Events Leading to the American Revolution-HHada

By HHadagwd51

  • Proclamation Line of 1763

    This line marked the boundary beyond which new settlements were prohibited following the Treaty of Paris that ended the Seven Years' War and transferred French territory in North America to Great Britain.

  • Tea Act

    A legislative maneuver by the British government aimed at making English tea marketable in America and addressing the financial troubles of the British East India Company.

  • Common Sense

    Thomas Paine published "Common Sense" to promote the idea of people controlling the government and not the king.

  • Declaration of Independence

    A document which announced the separation of the 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain.