Events Leading To The American Revolution-MB

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  • Proclamation Line of 1763

    Proclamation Line of 1763

    A British law issued by King George III, prohibiting Anglo-American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Raised taxes on imports of sugar and molasses; merchants accused of smuggling did not receive a trial by jury, which violated British law.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    The British East India Company was in debt, so the British passed the Tea Act, which forced colonists to buy tea ONLY from the company.
  • Intolerable/Coercive Acts

    Intolerable/Coercive Acts

    A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774. These acts were primarily aimed at punishing the Massachusetts Bay Colony for the Boston Tea Party, but their impact was felt throughout the colonies and ultimately helped to fuel the American Revolution.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    A gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen British American colonies (Georgia did not attend) to address the Intolerable Acts and other grievances against British rule.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    Thomas Paine attacked King George lll, arguing that Parliament cannot do anything without the King's support.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Written by Thomas Jefferson.
    Written to further the cause of the colonists' fight with the mother country.
    Purpose of government was to "secure those rights".
    Designed to break bonds between the king and his loyalist subjects in the colonies.