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The Proclamation of 1763 was a British produced, boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide. It was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763. It followed the Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the Seven Years' War and transferred French territory in North America to Great Britain.

Cause: England was still in debt from the French and Indian War and didn't want to start another War.

Effect: Colonists became angry and moved West anyway because owning land was important.

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The Sugar Act, or also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act. The Sugar Act was a revenue raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on April 5, 1764.

Cause: It reduced tax on molasses from 6 pence to 3 pence, increased tax on imports of foreign processed sugar, and the prohibition on importing foreign rum.

Effect: Increased enforcement of smuggling laws. Strict enforcement of the Sugar Act successfully reduced smuggling, but it greatly disrupted the economy of the American Colonies by increasing the cost of many imported items, and reducing exports to non British markets.

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On March 22, 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War. The Act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.

Cause: The British Government needed to create money to support the Army so they created the Stamp Act of 1765. This Act required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they bought paper item.

Effect: The colonists protested against the Stamp Act immediately.

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The Townshend Act was to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would remain loyal to Great Britain, to create a more effective means of enforcing compliance with trade regulations, to punish the province of New York for failing to comply with the 1765 Quartering Act.

Cause: These Acts placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. To enforce this, British officials used writs of assistance. These allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods.

Effect: The Colonists hated the new laws because they took power away from the colonial government.

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The Boston Massacre was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a long British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-British sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution.

Cause: A patriot mob attacked a British loyalist, he fired a gun at them, killing a boy. In the ensuing days brawls between colonists and British soldiers eventually culminated in the Boston Massacre.

Effect: A minor fight started and became a turning point in the beginnings of the American. The Boston Massacre helped spark the colonists desire for American Independence, while the dead became martyrs for liberty.

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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773 in Boston, Massachusetts. American Colonists, frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation, dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. The event was the first major act of defiance to British rule over the colonists. It showed Great Britain that Americans wouldn't take taxation and tyranny sitting down, and rallied American patriots across the 13 colonies to fight for independence.

Cause: The American colonists believed Britain was unfairly taxing them to pay for expenses incurred during the French and Indian War.

Effect: Colonists believed Parliament did not have the right to tax them because the American colonies were not presented in parliament.

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Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts 1774

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The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government. In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts. The acts took away self-governance and rights that Massachusetts had enjoyed since its founding, triggering outrage and indignation in the Thirteen Colonies.

Cause: The Intolerable Acts, the Boston Tea Party, which allowed British troops to house in the colonies, and the Americans were responsible for feeding and creating a hospitable environment.

Effect: This angered the colonists, not only did they have to pay more, but it also caused the Stamp Act.

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Battles of Lexington and Concord are fought 1775           

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War. Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts.

Cause:  The increasing tension between colonists in North America in mid-Atlantic region as well as Great Britain area led to British regulations and restrictions.

Effect: The colonists felt that they were being treated badly as second class in the British dynasty.

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Declaration of Independence approved 1776

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The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule.

Cause: The King needed money to pay off his war debt and no one was buying sugar.

Effect: The colonists convinced them to repeal it, but the same day they passed the Declaratory Act.