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the french and indian war
great britain is in great debt due to financing the war king george the third sent troops on the mountain to prevent conflict -
proclamation
they could not buy land. Traders who traveled had to be approved by british parliament. Any colonist living in the west had to move back east.proclamation upset a lot of people. By drawing a line between the colonists and the natives. The colonists still tried to settle on their land and the natives burned their settlement and kicked them out. -
sugar act
Great Britain needed a way to pay their war debt. They thought it was a fair way to tax the colonists. the people were not happy about the taxes. So they wanted to rally against the british. -
stamp act
They were making it so you need to have paper documents to be printed on stamped paper. the colonists protested against Great Britain because they saw it as an attempt for Britain to raise money without the colonist approval. -
quartering act
It was required that they provide food and lodging for the troops many did not want to provide food and lodging for the troops. The french war was over. And the colonists felt they had no voice. -
boston massaqure
there was a street fight between british soldiers and the colonists. The colonists began to provoke the british and they opened fire killing 5 of them. It further united the colonists against Great britain. These lines of communication strengthened them and gave them a sense of unity. -
tea act
Many colonists opposed the Act not so much because it rescued the East India Company, but more because it seemed to validate the Townshend Tax on tea. The colonists boycott against British goods had hurt their trade. Also the tea act taxed britain. -
boston tea party
sons of liberty dressed up as natives and boarded a ship and dumped 342 chests of tea so couldn't be sold -
intolarble act
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party.The colonists saw this as a violation against their constitutional rights. they viewed this as a threat to their liberty.
