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The Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation closed down colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains. It also declared that citizens could not make trades or buy land from the Indians (a response to the Pontiac Rebellion). -
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Causes of the American Revolution
Tennessee Standard: 8:22 Analyze the social, political, and economic causes of the American Revolution and the major battles, leaders and events. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act put a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies. This event encouraged colonial rebellion because of the issue of "taxation without representation". -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a tax put on colonists that required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. It angered the colonists because it was put in place to raise money for England in the colonies without the consent of the colonies. -
The Quartering Act
This law stated British soldiers were to be given room and board in barracks provided by the American colonies. If the barracks were too small, soldiers were to be housed in inns, livery stables, and often they were served in the homes of colonists. -
The Declaratory Act
It was a repeal of the Stamp Act. Declaration that the British Parliament had absolute authority over the colonies and could make any laws they wanted. -
The Townshend Act
A series of four acts whose purpose was to impose duties on imported goods. Colonists did not care for this act because they threatened colonial development of self government. -
The Boston Massacre
British soldiers shoot into a crowd of colonists. This event resulted in the death of 5 people. -
The Boston Tea Party
The British Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773 to help the east India Co. establish a monopoly on American tea trade. In response, colonists, dressed as Indians, threw 342 chests of imported tea overboard into the Boston Harbor. -
The Intolerable Acts
Also known as the Coercive Acts, were laws put in place by the British parliament in retaliation to the colonial rebellion. It was mainly enforced on Boston, since it seemed to be the center of colonial retailation.
