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The Proclamation Line was presented by the British to separate Native American land from American colonists land after the French and Indian war. The land to the East of the Appalachian Mountains was colonial land and the land to the West was native land. The royal government of England began to tighten and enforce their control over the colonists. The impacts made it so colonists could not buy any land or make any agreements with natives, and only licensed traders could travel west.
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The Stamp Act is the first act that the British Parliament introduced direct taxing and taxation without representation. The act put tax on all paper documents in the colonies. The act resulted in American colonists believing that it is unconstitutional and leading them to protest and rebel against it, and violently mob tax collectors and British soldiers.
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The Quartering Act was a British law that made it so the colonists had to house and feed British soldiers. This impacted the colonies because the American colonists also felt like this was unconstitutional and wanted to be asked and give their consent if the British were going to quarter their soldiers in colonists homes. The Quartering Act was an invasion of privacy to the American colonists.
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The Declaratory Act was a repeal of the Stamp Act. The Declaratory Act declared and reminded the colonies that the royal British government has "full power and authority to make laws" and that the colonies are only around because of the British government. The impact of the act hardened the purpose of the Stamp Act and that items were going to be taxed. The colonists finally had enough and wanted to declare war with the British.
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The Townshend Acts put tax on glass, paint, tea, and other good imported to the American colonists. The colonists saw this act an abuse to power, and the British sent troops to America to enforce the new laws of the Act. The impact of the Townshend Acts was to pay colonial governors and judges with the revenue raised, but the American colonists ended up boycotting British goods.
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The Boston Massacre began as a disagreement between colonists and British soldiers, but ended in British soldiers shooting and killing/ injuring colonists. Leading rebels and patriots, Paul Revere and Samuel Adams, highly publicized the massacre. The impact helped colonists realize that they really did need independence from Britain and became a turning point to beginning the Revolutionary War.
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The Tea Act put tax on tea due to basically a bribe from the British on the failing British East India Company. The British granted the company a monopoly if they imported and sold tea to the American colonists. The impact of the Tea Act lead to the Boston Tea Party.
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The Boston Tea Party was a protest of the American colonists due to being upset and angry from the British's taxation without representation. The American colonists dumped 342 chests of tea from the British East India Company into the Boston Harbor, and damaged millions of dollars worth of British cargo. The effect of the event lead to the Boston Harbor being closed until the tea lost was paid for, this is called the Boston Port Bill.
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This battle was one of the first of the American Revolutionary War. British soldiers traveled from Boston to Concord in order to seize a hidden store of weapons. Massachusetts on the other hand began forming a military. The impact of Lexington and Concord lead to King George III saying that the American's unjust behavior would not be tolerated by the British government.
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The Declaration of Independence was written to express the American mind about independence from Britain and to chose their own government. Thomas Jefferson was appointed to author because he was the best writer at the time. The impact of the declaration lead to the American Revolutionary war, where the American's fought primarily for their rights and and freedom from the British crown.