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Proclamation Line of 1763

Date: October 7, 1763

The colonists were trying to settle in to the land west of the 

Appalachian Mountains, land where the Native Americans have 

lived for centuries. Because of all the lives and money being lost to 

fighting the Native Americans, the King issued a proclamation, 

preventing the colonists to settle west of the Appalachian 

Mountains.

The colonists were enraged at Britain because they helped Britain 

fight in the French and Indian War, yet the colonists can't settle on 

the land they won. 

If I were a colonist of the time, I would have been infuriated. I 

would have started a petition to allow the colonists to settle west of 

the Proclamation line.

Sugar Act

Date: April 5, 1764

This act added a tax to sugar coffee and indigo and increased the the 

rate on wine. There are also harsher sentences for smuggling.

The colonists claimed they had no right to be taxed because they 

weren't represented in Parliament.

If I were a colonist of the time, I would have started to boycott these 

items.

Quartering Act

Date: March 22, 1765

After the sugar act was passed, Britain forced the colonists to keep 

soldiers in their house, as well as provide them with supplies to make 

the colonists have to pay for the soldier's supplies and living quarters.

Most of the colonists feared that they had to take care of a spy that 

was making sure that they weren't trying to rebel against Britain, as 

well as make the colonists pay for something rather useless.

If I were a colonist of the time, I would have been furious at Britain for 

making us pay for a soldier that Britain is supposed to be paying for.

Stamp Act

Date: March 24, 1765

An act was passed that stated that the colonists had to pay a tax on 

most printed goods, as well as making the colonists forcefully buy a 

stamp to prove that they had paid the tax for the item. By buying 

another stamp.

This made the colonists angry at Britain even more then they already 

were, making them protest by boycotting British goods, therefore 

forcing Parliament to repeal the act.

If I were a colonist of the time, I would follow popular example and 

boycott the goods until the act was repealed.

Townshend Acts

Date: June 29, 1767

The Townshend Acts were acts passed by the prime minister of the 

time, Charles Townshend, putting an indirect tax on imports. Indirect 

because they were applied at the port instead of in a shop. Another one 

of the Townshend acts suspended meetings in New York until the 

Quartering act from before was obeyed.

From this, a lot of anger was created between the colonists and the 

soldiers.

If I were a British American colonist, I would have protested the Acts 

by not buying British goods.

Boston Massacre

Date: March 5, 1770

The colonists attacked the British soldiers with snowballs. Afterward 

they were shot at, without the prior consent of the soldier's captain. 

Because of this, five people died, and others were wounded.

When the headline "British soldiers fire at unarmed citizens" traveled 

through the colonies, the colonists were too furious at Britain to even 

try to work with them anymore.

If I were a colonist of the time, I wouldn't have worked with Britain 

anymore because they were abusing their powers.

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