Proclamation Of 1763 Analysis

As the war comes to a close and Britain feel’s the stress of postwar debt. Britain begins to look at how generous taxes are among the Americans’ and how much they are currently paying. The relationship among the colonists and Britain is both of prosper, which may have caused Britain to think the New American colonist would give in to their new regulations. Among these new regulations were the Proclamation of 1763, American Revenue Act or Sugar Act, and Stamp Act. These three laws were contributing factors setting the course of America seeking their independence.
Proclamation of 1763 was set in place to pacify the Indians and keep the white settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. Those colonists that already took up roots in these parts of the country were required “forthwith to remove themselves” (p.122). The news of the Proclamation Line did not sit well with the colonists. The colonists did not see this as enforceable and within a few years amendments to the boundaries were adjusted to put the individual colonies in control of those boundaries.
To gain more revenue to help offset the growing debt from the war. Parliament passed the American Revenue Act, or Sugar Act. This act …show more content…
The Tea Act of 1773 set the Sons of Liberty in motion to create an event that Parliament would no doubt see as a direct protest against the new tax. As the Dartmouth enters port the Sons of Liberty, “organized by Samuel Adams” (p.83), disperses 342 chests of tea into the harbor on December 16, 1773 (p.135). The actions taken by the Sons of Liberty set a course of action for Parliament to pass many acts afterwards, such as the Coercive Acts and Quebec Act afterwards. With the ideology among many of the Americans’ and a leader such as Samuel Adams who believes in “a right to life…to liberty…to property” (p.84). the beginning of an independent America is starting to take