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The Proclamation Line of 1763 is when Great Britain forbade the 

colonists to cross the Appalachian Mountains, which served as the 

line, and settle in the land they previously conquered from France 

because they couldn't protect the colonists from attack, and 

couldn't collect tax from them. The colonists got mad because they 

couldn't go to a land that they owned, and a lot of people were 

moving to the new world.

If I was a colonist while this happened I would have got angry 

because there is free space which no one is using, and Great Britain 

wont let me pass just cause they cant collect taxes from me. And I 

would go with the other colonists to go the new land anyway.

The Sugar Act was when Great Britain put a 3 cent tax 

on foreign imports such as sugar, coffee, indigo, and 

certain types of wine. It was the first act passed by the 

British which only intention was to get money. Most 

Colonists were angry that the British Government took 

action without permission. They didn't like that they 

were being controlled by the British. They had to pay 

extra for some thing that was less money.

If I was a colonist while the British did this, I would be 

one of the angered colonists and rebel against the King 

of Britain.

The Quartering Act of 1765 required the colonies to provide 

barracks and supplies to British troops. They had to allow a 

soldier to stay in their house and they had to provide them 

beer, food, and transportation for the soldier .It also 

required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to 

British troops.The British forced the colonist to accept it 

because they were protecting the colonists from the 

French.The colonists did not consider the French a threat 

and did not like the idea of paying for the British protection. 

If I was a colonist would have got mad because i would have 

to pay extra for this soldier.

The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed a direct tax by the 

British Parliament specifically on the colonies of 

British America which put a tax on every piece of 

printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal 

documents, licenses, newspapers, other 

publications, and even playing cards were taxed. 

With this act, the colonists anger reached the 

boiling point. The frustration was now to take the 

form of overt rebellion. 

     Like every other colonist i would also get really 

mad at the British and want to separate from them 

and fight back.

 The Townshend Acts were a series of measures introduced 

into Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles 

Townshend in 1767. The acts imposed duties on glass, lead, 

paints, paper, and tea imported into the colonies., British 

leaders convinced themselves that the colonists would accept 

so-called indirect taxes such as import duties, a wishful 

misunderstanding of colonial opinion. The result was the 

resurrection of colonial hostilities created by the Stamp 

Act.

If I was a colonist and the British put a indirect tax on 

important things with out telling us, I would get frantic 

because our own government is doing something for their own 

benefit with out mentioning it to us.

Tensions between the American colonists and the British were already 

running high in the early spring of 1770. Late in the afternoon, on March 5, a 

crowd of jeering Bostonians slinging snowballs gathered around a small group 

of British soldiers guarding the Boston Customs House. The soldiers became 

enraged after one of them had been hit, and they fired into the crowd, even 

though they were under orders not to fire. Five colonists were shot and 

killed.Conflicts between the British and the colonists had been on the rise 

because the British government had been trying to increase control over the 

colonies and raise taxes at the same time. The event in Boston helped to 

unite the colonies against Britain. What started as a minor fight became a 

turning point in the beginnings of the American Revolution.

I would get enraged that British soldiers who are supposed to protect us are 

firing, and killing us, and be part of the British Revolution.

The Boston Tea Party is a widely known and pivotal point leading to the War of 

Independence between American colonies and the British empire.Legal action 

leading directly to the Boston Tea Party involved increased taxes and trade tariffs. 

Entrepreneurs in America thought the taxes were unfair and began to protest. The 

British monarchy, trying to protect its own interests in trade, raised taxes on 

certain items the British empire provided and set in motion events leading to the 

Boston Tea Party. Three ships of imported tea waited in the harbor until the 

colonists paid. Merchants and protesters who called themselves the Sons of Liberty 

planned to act against the Crown. In a unified act of vandalism, the Sons of Liberty 

dressed up as Native Americans and boarded the three ships and dumped mass 

quantities of tea into the harbor. American colonists boycotted the British tea, but 

the Empire didn’t approve.The Boston Tea Party was an act of revolt that led to 

more resistance.

I would be one of the sons of liberty just like the others and boycott the tea from 

the British dressed us as a Native American. After all I believe that every one of us 

have Individual Rights.

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