Chapter 5 Brooke and Dana by Brooke Comito https://padlet.com/bcomito/Bookmarks Made with charm en-us 2017-01-18 15:46:32 UTC 2026-01-15 05:56:04 UTC hello@padlet.com proclamation Of 1763 bcomito https://padlet.com/bcomito/Bookmarks/wish/147854013 King George III issued aproclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

 WHY DID THE BRITISH PASS THE PROCLAMATION OF 1763?

King George the III hoped to placate Native Americans who had sided against him during the recently concluded Seven Years' War.

placate means to make someone less angry or hostile

HOW DID THE COLONIST REACT ?
  The colonist reacted mostly madly because they had to leave there town.



]]> 2017-01-18 16:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bcomito/Bookmarks/wish/147854013 Stamp Act Of 1765 bcomito https://padlet.com/bcomito/Bookmarks/wish/147986282 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.

WHY DID THE BRITISH PASS THE STAMP ACT OF 1765?
The British were in debt.

HOW DID THE COLONIST REACT TO THIS ACT?
Colonists reacted to the Stamp Act of 1765 by vocalizing their dissent in assemblies, newspapers and the Stamp Act Congress, which drafted a document called the Stamp Act Resolves. Additionally, violent protesters threatened stamp distributors, forcing them to resign their commissions, and mobs prevented stamp papers from entering the country.
]]> 2017-01-19 02:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bcomito/Bookmarks/wish/147986282 TOWNSHEND ACTS bcomito https://padlet.com/bcomito/Bookmarks/wish/147986782 The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who proposed the program.

WHY DID THE BRITISH PASS THE TOWNSHEND ACTS? The TownShend Act  were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre As a result of widespread protest in the American colonies, Parliament began to partially repeal the Townshend  duties.
HOW DID THE COLONISTS REACT TO THIS ACT? The Townshend Acts were actually a series of taxes and laws imposed upon the colonists. The first, the Townshend Revenue Act, placed a tax on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper, and tea. Other bills included in the Townshend Acts contributed to the colonists angry reaction. ]]> 2017-01-19 02:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bcomito/Bookmarks/wish/147986782 bcomito https://padlet.com/bcomito/Bookmarks/wish/148117460 2017-01-19 15:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/bcomito/Bookmarks/wish/148117460 Quartering Act bcomito https://padlet.com/bcomito/Bookmarks/wish/148117464 The local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area.

WHY DID THE BRITISH PASS IT?
They needed there soilders a place to get food and stay.

HOW DID THE COLONIST REACT?
The colonists disputed the legality of this Act because it seemed to violate the Bill of Rights of 1689. British officers who had fought in the French and Indian War found it hard to persuade colonial assemblies to pay for quartering and provisioning of their troops.

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