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The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III after the French and Indian War. This proclamation stated that any land west of the Appalachian Mountains was off-limits to the colonists. This was meant to protect the colonists and the natives from attacks on each other. This had many benefits to the economy, so the proclamation was in effect until the Revolutionary War. Many colonists were mad that they couldn’t expand for new farmland, so many of them defied the proclamation.

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The Sugar Act was Britain’s first attempt to fix the financial relationship with the colonists after the French and Indian War. The Sugar Act had three main parts to it. First, there were laws to make product collection more efficient. Second, new charges were added to products in the United States, so that the colonists were forced to buy things from Britain. Third, the prices of existing products, mostly sugar, increased. Most people did not complain about the Sugar Act at this time because of the rising political division in the colonies. However, the colonists were mad and confused about this act.

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Britain attempted to control the currency of all 13 colonies with the Currency Act. This act prohibited the printing of new paper bills, and it did prevent the colonies from repaying future debts with paper bills. The Currency Act stated that all paper bills were worthless, and the colonists had to start paying with pound sterling or gold. The colonists were suffering a deep trade deficit with Great Britain, and this act further grew the tensions between the colonies and Great Britain. This policy created severe financial hardships for the colonies, and the colonists protested angrily.

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After the French and Indian War, British officers found it hard to persuade colonists to pay for quartering and provisioning of the troops. During wartime, many colonies had supplied the troops with housing and food, but this was being debated during a time without war. The Quartering Act stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses. And if the soldiers outnumbered colonial housing, they would be quartered in inns. The colonists argued the legality of this act because it violated the Bill of Rights, which forbade the raising or keeping a standing army without the consent of Parliament. All the colonies, except Pennsylvania, refused to comply with the Quartering Act.

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With the Stamp Act, colonists were required to buy stamps from royal collectors and put them on a variety of printed materials. The Stamp Act levied a direct tax on the colonies, which was designed to raise revenue instead of to regulate trade. The colonists believed that these taxes were unconstitutional, and wanted direct representation in parliament. King George refused, and the colonists came together on their own to come up with a solution. They revised the Stamp Act, and they kindly asked parliament to make those changes. When it was denied, the colonists made petitions, started mobs, and burned the stamps in order to show Britain how upset they were.

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The Declaratory Act was issued by British Parliament to show their authority towards the colonists. With this act, parliament was able to make laws for the colonists regarding anything that concerned them, including the right to tax. The Declaratory Act was a reaction of British Parliament to the colonists protesting the Stamp Act. The Stamp Act failed, and the colonists were happy. However, they were still angry about not getting physical representation in parliament. The colonists knew that by being three thousand miles away, they had no real influence in the parliament.

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The Townshend Acts were a series of taxes that Britain imposed on the colonists. They taxed paper, lead, and glass, along with some others. These products were chosen because Britain thought that they would be hard for the colonists to get on their own. The colonists viewed this as an abuse of power because they had no say in the taxes. In 1768, 24 towns in the colonies decided to boycott these taxed products with the help of a secret society called the Sons of Liberty. After one year of boycotting the products, Britain sent troops to America to settle the issue, and they eventually repealed the Act.

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In 1770, the colonists protested against the high taxes that Britain imposed on them. Vandalism and fighting were very common. On march 5, a deadly riot broke out outside of the King’s money store. There was one soldier guarding the store, and a few colonists threatened violence with him. The situation escalated quickly, and there was soon a mass of colonists and many soldiers fighting each other. Five colonists were killed by soldiers, and six were injured. Following this incident was even more trouble and bad relations with Britain that roused the want for independence.

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The Tea Act was a policy that granted the British East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea in America. The colonists were very upset about this act, and they boycotted the imported tea.The tea that was sent from Britain was left unopened by the docks to rot. By December of 1773, the Sons of Liberty came up with a plan to dress up as Mohawk Indians and dump 340 large chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The Tea Act was the final policy from Britain that sparked outrage in the colonies. It fueled resentment for Britain, and it united the colonists together.

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Following the Boston Tea Party, Britain imposed four acts that were called the Intolerable Acts to deal with the rebellious colonists. The first act was the Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston. The goal of this was to stop the businesses in Boston until the colonists paid for the dumped tea. The second act was the Massachusetts Government Act, which took away the colonists capability of self-government by placing the charter of the royal colony until direct British rule. The Administration of Justice Act was the third act in the Intolerable Acts, and it stopped the colonists from giving British soldiers trials for their crimes. The last policy was the Quartering Act, which allowed royal governors to find homes for the British soldiers to stay in. The colonists in surrounding areas were very angry about all of these acts because they were scared about the amount of power Britain had. The other colonies soon sent Massachusetts supplies to help them.

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The Battle at Lexington and Concord was the beginning of the Revolutionary War. A british troop marched into Lexington on April 8, 1775, and a small militia group was waiting for them. In a panic, the British soldiers fired a volley, which killed seven militiamen and wounded one. After this, around 400 more colonial militiamen joined to fight the British. The British realized their vulnerability after the militiamen killed a few of the soldiers, and they began retreating to Boston. As this was occurring, however, thousands of colonists surrounded the soldiers and inflicted heavy casualties on them.