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Proclamation of 1763
This proclamation did not allowed colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. The British government feard the conflictbetween colonists and Native Americans would lead 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. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765The Stamp Act was introduced by the British prime minister George Grenville and passed by the British Parliament in 1765 as a means of raising revenue in the American colonies -
Townshed Acy
In the summer of 1766, King George III of England replaced Prime Minister Rockingham with William Pitt. Pitt was popular in the colonies. He opposed the Stamp Act and believed that colonists were entitled to all the rights of English citizens -
Boston Massacre
In order to ensure a fair trial the lawyer John Adams defended the soldiers.John Adams convinced the jury that the soldiers fired in self defense. -
Tea Act
One of the most controversial decrees made by the British Empire in all of American History was the Tea Act. It was an act established on 1773 by the British Parliament that stated that the East Indian Company would have to cruise directly to the American colonies to export their tea instead of going first to Britain and then export it again to the same colonies -
Intolerable Act
After the French and Indian War the British Government decided to reap greater benefits from the colonies. The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain. This eventually lead to the Boston Tea Party. In retaliation the British passed several punative acts aimed at bringing the colonies back into submission of the King. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act signaled the end of colonial exemption from revenue-raising taxation. Under the Navigation Acts, taxes were paid by British importers alone, rather than the colonists, and brought in just 1,800 pounds in 1763, compared with a cost of 8,000 pounds just to enforce the acts. -
Declaration of Independence
Witten by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress, states the reasons the British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776.
