From 1760 to 1776 the American colonies and the British went back and forth. The British wanted to control the colonies whilst the colonies wanted to break free from England. The British put in place different Acts trying to force the colonies to stay with them. Most of the time the colonist did not like these Acts so they would rebel causing the British to retaliate and put more Acts in place. This just made the colonist even more angry and it all became a circle of events until the start of the Revolutionary War. In 1760, even before the French and Indian war was over England was attempting to rule over the colonies. It was not until 1763 when England put in place the Proclamation that things got serious between the two. This Proclamation
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The Sugar Act cut taxes on things such as molasses and sugar brought into the colonies coming from non-British colonies. This cut on taxes would seem to be helpful but the colonies did not like this because it increased enforcement on tax collection and taxes on other things. The next Act put in place by Great Britain was the Quartering Act in 1765 which stated that the American Colonies had to house the British troops weather they wanted to or not. The next Act to come to play was called the Stamp Act, this caused taxes to be put on stamped paper. This paper would be used for anything official such as certificates. The colonist of Massachusetts response to the Stamp Act was to send a letter inviting the other colonies to come and have a meeting to discuss how they should respond to the British to try to get rid of the Stamp Act. This meeting was against the law because they did not get British …show more content…
In order to prepare for a battle against the British the colonies started to form militias. Around Boston, the militias of Massachusetts began to collect and stock up on guns and ammunitions. Somehow the British found out about the militias and decided that it was time for them to get ready. The British then tried to go into Concord to try and steal the colonist weapons and kidnap Samael Adams and John Handcock. The colonies found out that the British were coming so they sent out three men to go and warn surrounding colonies. Thus, the colonies were not surprised and they were prepared when the British showed up in Lexington. Somehow one side ended up firing their gun and thus came known as “the shot heard around the world.”
After the shot was fired and the British ran off and the colonies had a second Continental Congress meeting to discuss possible war with Great Britain. The Congress decided to write a petition to Great Britain stating that they were still loyal to King George III. All the King did was ignore the colonies thus a month later the first official battle of the Revolution started. This was called the Battle of Bunker Hill, even though the battle was not fought on Bunker Hill but in fact a neighboring hill, Breed’s
The Sugar Act cut taxes on things such as molasses and sugar brought into the colonies coming from non-British colonies. This cut on taxes would seem to be helpful but the colonies did not like this because it increased enforcement on tax collection and taxes on other things. The next Act put in place by Great Britain was the Quartering Act in 1765 which stated that the American Colonies had to house the British troops weather they wanted to or not. The next Act to come to play was called the Stamp Act, this caused taxes to be put on stamped paper. This paper would be used for anything official such as certificates. The colonist of Massachusetts response to the Stamp Act was to send a letter inviting the other colonies to come and have a meeting to discuss how they should respond to the British to try to get rid of the Stamp Act. This meeting was against the law because they did not get British …show more content…
In order to prepare for a battle against the British the colonies started to form militias. Around Boston, the militias of Massachusetts began to collect and stock up on guns and ammunitions. Somehow the British found out about the militias and decided that it was time for them to get ready. The British then tried to go into Concord to try and steal the colonist weapons and kidnap Samael Adams and John Handcock. The colonies found out that the British were coming so they sent out three men to go and warn surrounding colonies. Thus, the colonies were not surprised and they were prepared when the British showed up in Lexington. Somehow one side ended up firing their gun and thus came known as “the shot heard around the world.”
After the shot was fired and the British ran off and the colonies had a second Continental Congress meeting to discuss possible war with Great Britain. The Congress decided to write a petition to Great Britain stating that they were still loyal to King George III. All the King did was ignore the colonies thus a month later the first official battle of the Revolution started. This was called the Battle of Bunker Hill, even though the battle was not fought on Bunker Hill but in fact a neighboring hill, Breed’s