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The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 banned all colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists believed that they had the right to live where they chose to. Their reaction was to ignore the British because it was impossible for them to enforce this act. -
The French and Indian war
The war leads to British debt, the debt leads to taxation in the colonies and taxation leads to anger in the colonies. The colonists thought that it was non-sense. -
The Sugar Act
The Sugar act was when the British put a tax on molasses, sugar, and other things. The colonists view lead to James Otis to coin th rephrase "Taxation without representation is tyranny." Then th colonists boycotted British Goods and sent petitions to England. -
The Quartering Act
This act required colonists to feed and house British Soldiers. The view they had was that they had rights as English Citizens and they were violated. The reaction the colonist had was that they refused to let soldiers in their homes. -
The Stamp Act
The stamp act required conlonists to by an additional stamp for documents like wills, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards. The colonists reaction was that they burned paper and held the stamp act congress. They viewed this act as an unfair tax that they had not input. They demanded that the tax be repealed. -
The Townshend Act
The townshend act was when Britain wouldnt tax goods in the colonies. Instead they taxed imports such as lead, tea, glass, ETC. The Writs Of Assinstance allowed British customs officials to search ships. The colonists viewed this a still a tax and that their rights were being violated. Their reaction was to smuggle goods into the colonies to reduce imports to the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre
Befire the Boston Massacre on king street there were five deaths amd six injuries at this massacre. the colonists reaction to the soldeirs was when they were looking for work and the colonists shouted, "you can clean my toliets!!!" -
The Tea Act
The tea was suppossed to be imported directly from British East India Co.The tea was then taxed to 3 pence a pound. The company chooses who can and cannot sell the tea which started another issue. -
The Boston Tea Party
The cause of this act was the large tax on the tea. This act included 90,000 pounds of tea in over 342 containers were thrown overboard. The party took three hours between 7 and 10 PM. There were over 116 people involved in this act. -
The effects of the tea party
The British responded with the Coercive Acts or the intolerable acts. These included closing the port of Boston until the tea is paid for, trials were moved to England, they banned town meetings, and strengthened the quartering act. -
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Britain first sends troops to Concord, MA to seize weapons. Then the sons of liberty learn of the British plan to march to Concord, MA after warning that the British were coming. Billy Dawes then begins his ride from Boston to Lexington warning that the Britsh were coming. Paul Revere sees two lanterns lit at the Old North Church and begins yelling, "the regulars are coming". -
The Bristish arrival
Paul Revere and Billy Dawes get captured warning Adams and Hancock. Then Sam Prescott joins the ride from Lexington to Concord, MA. After all that Massachusetts minutemen meet British soldiers at Lexington, MA where the first shot of the Revolutionary War are fired. -
The shot heard around the world
On April 19,1775 Britrish troops head to Concord to seize smuggled weapons but are met by minutemen at Lexington, MA. Although only 8 farmers died, the Revolutionary war had begun. -
The war
The fighting continues at the Battle of Concord.
