Unit 3

By Annalise & Zuri`

Proclamation of 1763 – British Parliament law; colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains, Britain wanted a buffer zone between the colonists and American Indian tribes (reduce threat of violence), but the colonists wanted to settle the fertile Ohio River Valley.

What happened in 1764?

The sugar act

British put taxes on sugar which caused the boston tea party . If this did not happen the boston tea party would of never happened .

They did this to

pay for the french

and indian war.

what happened in 1765?

The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.

What happened in 1767?

The townshend act was passed. Other bills included in the Townshend Acts contributed to the colonists' angry reaction.

Tea act - the Tea Act, passed by Parliament on May 10, 1773, would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies, and in fact imposed no new taxes.

December 16, 1773

The boston tea party occured ,because incident in which 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians.