1. Proclamation of 1763, Intolerable Acts Stamp Act, taxation without representation http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://updatecenter.britannica.com Causes of the American Revolution

2. Proclamation of 1763 Great Britain gained the French territory in North America after the end of the French & Indian War (Seven Year’s War). A proclamation is an announcement. http://www.american.edu/TED/ice/images4/kckbritish-era-1763-75.png

3. 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

4. . The colonists were angry because many already had land in that area. http://nuncscio.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/colonists.jpg

5. The Proclamation gave the King a monopoly in land bought from Native Americans. http://clarke.cmich.edu/nativeamericans/mphc/hudson.jpg

6. 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

7. King George III also wanted to calm the relationship with Native Americans. http://wblrd.sk.ca/~native30/unit1/unit1e.html

8. He did this by creating guidelines of trade, settlement, and land purchases on the western frontier. http://www.sitemason.com/files/bmz4FW/overmountainmen.jpg

9. King George III issued this public statement on October 7, 1763. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/014001/f1/e008293577-v6.jpg

10. Intolerable Acts A series of British actions passed in 1774. Also nicknamed the Coercive Acts. library.thinkquest.org

11. Why were they passed? It was designed to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. simplymarvelous.wordpress.com

12. Laws One of the laws closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea that they had destroyed. concise.britannica.com

13. Outcome Although the acts were intended to check the colonists conflict with Britain, they only inflamed the situation. www.answers.com

14. 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

15. Why? It was a way for King George to control the colonists and punish them for leaving Britain. www.paulauger.com

16. Special stamps were to be attached to the papers and documents as proof that the tax had been paid. concise.britannica.com

17. The stamp tax was the first direct tax ever levied by Britain on the Americans, who rioted in opposition. www.constitutioncenter.org

18. The American colonists petitioned King George III to cancel the act, which he did in 1766. www.bgmod.com

19. Taxation without Representation A phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761. student.britannica.com

20. Colonists were angry because they were being taxed by a British parliament. www.tea.state.tx.us

21. “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