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Proclamation of 1763
This procalmation did not allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.The British goverment feared the conflict between colonistsand native Americans would lead to another war.They also could not afford to pay British troops to defend the western lands.Colonists were enraged by this proclamation because they felt they had won the right to settle in the Ohio River Valley after winning the French and Indian War. -
The Quarting Act
The act was a coast saving measure that required the colonist to quarter or house British soldiers and provide them with supplies. -
Townshend Acts
The kings fiance minister, Charls townshend told parliment that he had a way to raise revenue in the colonist. Parliment passed his plan known as townshend act. -
The Tea Act and The Boston Tea Party
Protests against the Tea Act took palce all over the colonist. In Boston, the sons of Liberty organized what came to be know as the Boston Tea Party. -
Intolerable Acts
Massachsetts colony and to serve as a warning to other colonies. The British called these law the Coercive Acts but they were so harsh that the colonist called them the Intolerable Acts. -
THe Olive Branch Petition
This document asked the king to resort harmony between Britian and the colonist. Some members opposed the petition but signed it anyone as a last hope. -
Declaration of Indpendce
Congress debate the resolution but not all the delegates. They did however appoint a committee to declaration. -
The battles of Lexigton and Concord
The first battles of the Rrevolutionary War. As Ralph Waldo E merson later wrote colonial troops had fired the shot heard arond the world.
