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Proclemation of 1763
This proclemation did not allow colonists to settle west of the Appalchian Mountains. The British goverment feared the conflict between colonists and Native Americans would lead to another war. They also could not afford to pay British troops to defent the western lands. Colonists were angered 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. -
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Road to revolution
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Quartering Act
Parliament passed the Quartering Act in 1765. This required the colonies to house Brithish soldiers and give them any supplies that are necessary. -
Stamp Act
Parliament passed the Stamp Act which required all official documents to carry a stamp, showing the tax has been paid. This increased tension between Britain and the colonies. -
Townshend Acts
Charles Townshed had found a wayto raise revenue in the colonies. The Townshend Acts suspended New Yorks assembly and put a tax on goods imported into the British Colonies. -
Tea Act/Boston Tea Party
Colonists dumped 342 chest of tea from the british ships into the harbor to protest the Tea Act. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first battles of the Revolutionary War. in the Revolutionary War was "the shot heard arounf the world". No one knows who fired first, but at Lexington within a few minutes, eight militiamen lied dead. When British marched to Concord and destroyed military supplies, a battle later broke out. militia was to strong and only the arrival of 1,000 more troops saved the British from total destruction, as they flead back to Boston. -
Olive Branch Petition
Moderates drafted the Olive Branch Petition and sent it to London in July 1775. The petiotion was asking the king to restore peace between the colonies and Britain. Not everyone agreed but signed it anyway. The king rejected the Olive Branch Petition and punished the colonies by announcing new measures. -
Decloration of Independence
Congress appointed a committee to draft a Decloration of Independence. The committee included Ben Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson. On July 4, 1776, congress created the document that proclaimed independence. The Decleration is based on John Lockes beliefs.
