1767----Customs Collecting Act----establishing British commissioners in the colonies to collect customs and other duties.
1767----Revenue Act----laying taxes on land, paint and articles imported into the colonies.
Continental Congress
Background and Reasons of Revolution
1.Outer reason---from England their attitude-----Colonies were supposed to complement and not compete with English industry. Some branches of colonial industries were either forbidden or limited in size. their acts----1763----Royal Order---forbidding the colonists to buy any more land from Indians in the west beyond a certain line, and vesting in the Crown the sole power to hold and dispose of such lands.
1767----Tea Act----regulating importation of tea in British dominions in America in favor of the British East India Company.
Affections: their agriculture, industries, commerce, investment opportunities, their habits, practices, desires respecting selfgovernment, freedom of elections, press and speech.
Chapter IV American Revolution
1763--1784
ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ • Independence Hall
Independence Hall in Philadelphia can be considered the birthplace of the United States of America, as it was here that the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, the Articles of Confederation uniting the thirteen (13) colonies were ratified in 1781 and the Constitution setting out the nations' basic laws was adopted in 1787.
1764----Sugar Act----imposing import duties on nonEnglish goods to the American colonies in order to raise more money for supporting British government in the colonies.
The American Revolution ended two centuries of British rule for most of the North American colonies and created the modern United States of America. The Revolutionary era was both exhilarating and disturbing---a time of progress for some, dislocation for others. In the wake of the Revolution came events as varied as the drafting and ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America and the rebellions of slaves who saw the contrast between slavery and proclamations of liberty.
• Background and the reasons of Revolution
outer ----attitude and acts of England
inner----- development of American
Capitalists
• The Road to the Revolution • The Outbreak of War and the Second
1765----Quartering Act----requiring colonists to help house and feed British regular troops stationed in the colonies.
1766----Declaratory Act---- asserting the supremacy of the British parliament in making laws for the colonies.
1764----Currency Act---- forbidding the colonies to issue the paper money.
1765---- Stamp Act---- taxing numerous articles and transactions in America to help pay the costs of British government in the colonies.