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Welcome to Colonial America 

before the American 

Revolution. A lot of things 

happened during this time, 

including increase in British rule 

and colonial rebellions! Let's 

check it out.

After the French and Indian war, 

colonists wanted to settle past 

the Appalachian mountains to 

spread out. But, the British 

passed the Proclamation of 1763 

which forced colonists to settle 

east of the Appalachians, and 

couldn't expand west. The 

colonists were very angry about 

this, because they wanted more 

land and the British were just 

taking it away. 

CAUSE

#1

Cause 

#2

On April 5th, 1764, The British 

passed an act called The Sugar 

Act. This act forced you the 

colonists in America to pay a tax 

on sugar. It also increased taxes 

on coffee, indigo, and wine. The 

British government did not ask 

permission from the colonists to 

do this. Most Colonists were angry 

that the British Government took 

action without them getting a say. 

They didn't like that they were 

being controlled by the British.

CAUSE

#2

CAUSE

#2

In order to try to tighten control 

on the colonies, the British put 

the Quartering Acts into place. 

The colonists were furious, 

because they were already mad 

at the British soldiers for taking 

their jobs, and now they are 

forced to house and feed them. 

Housing and feeding a British 

soldier was expensive, especially 

if you could barely feed your own 

family. This caused the colonists 

to boycott even further.

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