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Causes of the American Revolution. Proclamation of 1763, Intolerable Acts Stamp Act, taxation without representation. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://updatecenter.britannica.com. Proclamation of 1763. A proclamation is an announcement. Great Britain gained
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Causes of the American Revolution Proclamation of 1763, Intolerable Acts Stamp Act, taxation without representation http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://updatecenter.britannica.com
Proclamation of 1763 A proclamation is an announcement. Great Britain gained the French territory in North America after the end of the French & Indian War (Seven Year’s War). http://www.american.edu/TED/ice/images4/kckbritish-era-1763-75.png
The Proclamation prevented colonists of the thirteen colonies from settling or buying land west of the Appalachian Mountains. http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/temple/images/procline.jpg
The colonists were angry because many already had land in that area. . http://nuncscio.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/colonists.jpg
The Proclamation gave the King a monopoly in land bought from Native Americans. http://clarke.cmich.edu/nativeamericans/mphc/hudson.jpg
King George’s reason for the proclamation was to create Britain's huge, new North American empire. http://www.medgadget.com/archives/img/KingGeorgeIII.jpg
King George III also wanted to calm the relationship with Native Americans. http://wblrd.sk.ca/~native30/unit1/unit1e.html
He did this by creating guidelines of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. http://www.sitemason.com/files/bmz4FW/overmountainmen.jpg
King George III issued this public statement on October 7, 1763. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/014001/f1/e008293577-v6.jpg
Intolerable Acts A series of British actions passed in 1774. library.thinkquest.org Also nicknamed the Coercive Acts.
Why were they passed? It was designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. simplymarvelous.wordpress.com
Laws One of the laws closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea that they had destroyed. concise.britannica.com
Outcome Although the acts were intended to check the colonists conflict with Britain, they only inflamed the situation. www.answers.com
Stamp Acts A law passed by the British government in 1765. It required a tax payment to Britain on a variety of papers and documents, (including newspapers) that were produced in the American colonies. www.socialstudiesforkids.com
Why? It was a way for King George to control the colonists and punish them for leaving Britain. www.paulauger.com
Special stamps were to be attached to the papers and documents as proof that the tax had been paid. concise.britannica.com
The stamp tax was the first direct tax ever levied by Britain on the Americans, who rioted in opposition. www.constitutioncenter.org
The American colonists petitioned King George III to cancel the act, which he did in 1766. www.bgmod.com
Taxation without Representation A phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761. student.britannica.com
Colonists were angry because they were being taxed by a British parliament. www.tea.state.tx.us
“Taxation without representation is tyranny.” -James Otis The colonists didn’t think it was fair that they were taxed and had no representative in England to represent their point of view. Tyranny is dictatorship or cruelty to a group of people. www.geocities.com