Causes of the American Revolution•Laptops Up: Go to Mr. M’s Website, Download The Classwork under Today’s BLOG•Your task(s) with those at your table right now:1.Examine Each Event, & Record Information about event on today’s Handout2.On a Scale of 1-8, Decide what score it would receive (1 meaning that it would cause little unrest, 8 a lot of unrest amongst the colonists & the British)3.Explain why you gave it that rating4.Record what “TBA Rule” it reminds you of

The Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763 by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War. The purpose of the proclamation was to establish Britain's vast new North American empire, and to stabilize relations with Native Americans through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. The Proclamation in essence forbade colonists of the thirteen colonies from settling or buying land west of the Appalachian Mountains. This led to considerable outrage in the colonies, as many colonists had already acquired land in that region. Additionally, the Proclamation gave the Crown a monopoly in land bought from Native Americans.

The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to house British soldiers in “barracks provided by the colonies.” If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local “inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses, and the houses of sellers of wine.” Should there still be soldiers without accommodation after all such “publick houses” were filled, the colonies were then required “to take, hire and make fit for the reception of his Majesty’s forces, such and so many uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings as shall be necessary.” This angered the colonists because they were being required to house British soldiers in their homes during a time in which there was no war going on.

Instituted in November, 1765. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it. The Stamp, of course, cost money. The colonists didn't think they should have to pay for something they had been doing for free for many years, and they responded in force, with demonstrations and even with a diplomatic body called the Stamp Act Congress, which delivered its answer to the Crown. Seeing the hostile reaction in the colonies, the British government repealed the Stamp Act in March 1766 but at the same time passed the Declaratory Act, which said that Great Britain was superior (and boss of) the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever."

Series of 1767 laws named for Charles Townshend, British Chancellor of the Exchequer (Treasurer). These laws placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Colonial reaction to these taxes was the same as to the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, and Britain eventually repealed all the taxes except the one on tea. In response to the sometimes violent protests by the American colonists, Great Britain sent more troops to the colonies.