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     In 1763, a proclamation was issued to set a line that 

separated Indian Territory from the 13 colonies. This 

said that the land west of the Appalachian Mountains 

was for the Native Americans. This contributed to the 

American Revolution because it really angered the 

colonists. Think about it, the line could have gone 

straight through your house. Maybe you couldn't go into 

your very own kitchen! I would have been extremely 

frustrated by this. I would want to argue, but I honestly 

think that I would just leave it alone. Having my 

personality, I'm not strong enough to argue with an 

authority figure.

     In 1764, the British issued the Sugar Act. This put a 

three cent tax on foreign refined sugar. The British did 

this because they wanted more money. They were going 

to use this money to pay for more security in the 

colonies. They also hoped that this would influence the 

colonists to sell their goods to Britain instead of other 

countries. This contributed to the American Revolution 

because again, this angered the colonists. They became 

worried that Britain would keep making them spend 

more and more money on their goods. If i were a 

colonist, I would be extremely frustrated. I would want 

to have a say in who represented us, and who could run 

for government. I would wish that I could choose who 

controlled our country.

    The Quartering Act was passed on June 2, 1765. 

The Quartering Act forced colonists to house and 

provide supplies to British soldiers. This really 

made the colonists mad, but the British made them 

because the British were protecting the colonists 

from the French. The Quartering Act was really 

another indirect tax on the colonists. At this point, 

if I were a colonist, I would start trying to gather 

people to protest against the British. Think about 

it, how frustrating would it be to house soldiers of a 

country that you feel like is against you? I don't 

think that I could take the frustration.

    On November first, 1765, the first direct tax was 

issued on the colonists. This was called the Stamp Act. 

All printed items now had a tax on them and had to 

carry a stamp. The act was created to help cover the 

cost of maintaining troops in the colonies. This paved 

the road to the American Revolution by again angering 

the colonists. The colonists weren't able to pay the taxes 

and they said that the act violated the new principle of 

"No taxation without representation." If I were a 

colonist, I would be one of the many people protesting 

against the new taxes. Britain doesn't deserve all of our 

money. I would feel like my freedom was being 

threatened.

     On June 29, 1767, Britain put an indirect tax on all 

imports. They also suspended New York meetings until 

the Quartering Act was being followed and obeyed. This 

effected the revolution because this really angered 

colonists. They refused to buy british goods! There 

started to be many fights between the colonists and the 

soldiers. If I were a colonist, I would for sure rebel and 

not buy British goods. I would want to start hurting the 

British like they are hurting us and our colonies.

     On March 5, 1770, soldiers fired their guns, killing 

five colonists and wounding many. The soldiers felt very 

threatened, so they fired upon the crowd. This event is 

known as the Boston Massacre. It created many furious 

colonists because the British were firing on innocent, 

unarmed citizens. Many colonists were now too angry to 

even try to resolve conflict between them and the 

British. They wanted to give up on trying to work with 

them. If I were a colonist, I would be infuriated. The 

British had no right to kill and wound perfectly innocent 

people. At this point, I'd feel like we were being treated 

completely unfairly, and I wouldn't know if I could 

handle it any longer.

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