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  In the treaty of Paris, which ended the seven 

years war, Britain gained all of Canada, and all 

territory north of New Orleans. In the Royal 

Proclamation of 1763 the territory was divided. 

Colonists were not allowed to go west of the 

"Proclamation Line", which ran down the 

Appalachians. This upset the colonists, they 

fought for and won the territory, why shouldn't 

they use it? I would have been very angry too, if 

you fought hard for years and sacrificed so much 

and won the territory, why not take advantage of 

it?

   The British put a tax on sugar and 

raised certain taxes.It was important 

because the colonists thought that was 

wrong and wanted to help/change the 

government.If i had been there I would 

have fought to change the government 

and stop lots of the taxes.

  Parliament passed the quartering act which 

allowed British troops to stay in the American  

colonies. They could stay in barracks provided by 

the colonies and ,if needed, they could go into 

somone's house and stay there. This angered the 

colonists because the British troops could just walk 

into your home and you would have to feed them 

and help them. I wouldn't have let them in, I would 

have tried to change that. It's just not fair to the 

colonists.

   The British put taxes on newspapers, 

stamps,etc.The importance of this event is: 

This act angered the colonists. Also, the Sons 

and Daughters of Liberty helped stop this act.If 

I had been there I would have   helped the 

Sons of Liberty stop the act. I think it was 

another big event leading to the revolution. 

The British were taking advantage of the 

colonists.

 The Townshend acts imposed duties on glass, 

lead, paints, paper, and tea imported into the 

colonies. The British needed money. This act is 

important because it helped the British, but 

upset the colonists even more with more and 

more taxes.If I had been a colonist I would 

consider going back to England, there's just so 

many taxes put just to benefit the British. It 

must be very frustrating for the colonists.

  British soldiers at Boston fired because they 

felt threatened by the colonist that were 

approaching them. Five were killed and others 

wounded. This was important because it was 

good propaganda against the British. Also, 

many colonists were too angry to work with 

the British. If I had been there as a colonist I 

would have fought back against the British and 

got other people to help. It just isn't fair to the 

colonists to be like that.

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