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The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris marked the end of the French and Indian War in 1763. The Treaty says that the British get most of the areas that the French had claimed. The colonist (specifically the South colonies) and British are happy because they will get more money from trade, farming, and hunting. The removal of the French cause the native Americans to be unhappy and start attacking the British colonist trying to move. A link i kinda used: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/treaty-of-paris -
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Pontiac's Rebellion
Pontiac was a native American who fought against the British rule coming in to the land that had been seized from the French. The rebellion lasted 3 years and at the end there was a treaty that said the colonist wouldn't go past the Appalachian Mountains and the native Americans could have land to the west of the Appalachian Mountains. The treaty worked fora bit of time before the colonist ignored the treaty and moved anyway. Site used: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Pontiac%27s_Rebellion -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation line was a border that the colonist couldn't pass to go into areas native Americans started to claim. One of the reasons for the line was native American attacks against migrating colonist, such as Pontiac's rebellion. The line was useless as people still moved past the line and lead to the natives attacking the settlers. This caused unrest because the colonies were not included in this decision. Site used: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/proclamation-line-1763 -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was a modified version of the Molasses Act which required the colonist to pay a tax of 6 pence per gallon of imported molasses. The Sugar Act reduced the amount of tax per gallon of molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence, but the tax expanded to other foreign goods such as sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico. This combined with other laws eventually lead to the colonies rebelling. Site used: http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.html -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a direct tax for printed material. It caused the first act of untied rebellion because it effected educated people rather then people who couldn't read. Some acts of rebellion were threatening stamp collectors, riots, and stamp burning. In late May the Virginia House of Burgesses passed the Virginia Resolves meaning the crown couldn't tax the colonies, by the end of the year 8 other colonies also passed this. Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/Stamp-Act-Great-Britain-1765 -
Quartering Act of 1765
The Quartering Act of 1765 was a British parliamentary provision that required the colonies to give British troops food, drink (including 3 specific alcohols), quarters, fuel, and transportation. Colonies were upset over this because they felt it broke the 3rd Amendment and it was necessary during a time of peace. The outward defiance of this Act lead to the Suspending Act as part of the Townshend Acts of 1767. Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/Quartering-Act -
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The Virginia Resolves
The Virginia Resolves was a name that was set to several resolutions which stated that the crown couldn't tax the colonies, The Resolves were made because of the stamp act, but as time continued revisions were made. Such as in 1769 The Virginia Resolves concerning Townshend Acts were adopted by the House of Burgesses, which meant only the governor of Virginia could tax Virginians. Source: http://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/virginia-resolves -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act Congress was made because no colony acting alone could convey a message to the crown that would matter. At first the Congress seemed to fail with only 9 colonies sending delegates. As the Congress went on the group became more divided with delegates refusing to sign. In the end all but one colony signed the Resolves. Even though widespread boycotts did more to repeal the Stamp Act, the Congress was an important first step to independence. Source: http://www.ushistory.org/us/10a.asp -
The Repeal Of The Stamp Act And The Inclusion Of The Declaratory Acts
The Stamp Act was repealed because of the strong pressure put on Parliament by the colonies. Though, the same day the Stamp Act was repealed the Declaratory Acts were put into place. The Declaratory Acts were laws that stated the British government had free and total law making power over the colonies. Despite the Acts being repealed, the relationship between England and the Colonies had been damaged. Source: http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/today-in-history-the-stamp-act-repealed-in-176/ -
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The Townshed Act
The Townshed Acts were a set of taxes on lead, glass, paper, paint, and tea. This caused a boycott of all British goods and woman calling themselves the Daughters of Liberty. What the Daughters of Liberty did was spin their own clothing and often it was scratchy and ugly but it was a badge to show freedom and independence. Because of the laws more soldiers had to go to the colonies in order to maintain peace. This, along with the taxes, caused colonist to be even angrier. Information from class -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre in reality wasn't a massacre. No one knows who fired the first shot but in the end only 5 died. The origins of the fight was a young soldier was walking on a snowy night when he passed by a group of drunk colonist. They followed him back to where the other soldiers were and when the soldiers came back out the "massacre" happened. Though, unlike what happened the engraving of the event depicted different set of events such as the British shooting unarmed civilians. Info: class