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Navigation Acts
The North American Colonists could only export goods to England, so they smuggled goods to other countries -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763, issued by King George the III, ended all westward expansion by the colonists past the Appalachian Mountains, deeming this land native reserve. Seeking better farmland, many colonists chose to defy this proclamation, but others just harbored more hatred towards the crown. -
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French and Indian War
Great Britain owes war debts, so they stop salutary neglect. Taxes go from 25% to 100%, so the colonists protest. -
Sugar Act
Lowers the tax from the Molasses Act, aimed to end smuggling in the colonies. Colonists responded in protest(taxation without representation). -
Stamp Act
This act taxed printed goods, It was issued to help pay for the British troops stationed in the colonies during the French and Indian War, the colonist's reactions ranged from boycotts, riots, or attacks on the tax collectors. -
2nd Quartering Acts
Colonists resented the 2nd Quartering Act, not only because they had to house British troops, but because they had to pay taxes for the provisions and barracks for the troops, they thought this was unnecessary during peacetime. -
Boston Massacre
A confrontation in which British soldiers killed several colonists in a group of violent protesters. This event was used as an ideological weapon by the colonists and was heavily publicized and twisted by the colonists. -
Lexington and Concord
Hundreds of British troops sailed to concord to seize an arms cache, and Paul Revere and other riders sounded the alarm. Although the colonists lost many minutemen, this was seen as a victory because it showed King George III that they wouldn't stand for unjust actions. -
King George III Rejects the Olive Branch Petition
Some more optimistic colonists, against the wish of the more realistic colonists, wanted to have a cease-fire with Britain, so they sent off the Olive Branch Petition, written by John Dickinson. King George III saw this as a joke and responded to this by declaring the colonies in a state of rebellion. -
Declaration of Independence
The colonists felt as if King George III had failed them on all fronts as a leader, legislation, judicial, military conflict, and lack of protection. They were opposed to following British rule without representation in parliament(taxation without representation)