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History Questions

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1 . What historical developments between 1763 and 1775 resulted in the increasing tension between the American Colonies and Great Britain , Which eventually erupted into war ? The historical

developments that happened between 1763 and 1775 , which increased the

tension between the American Colonies and Great Britain were prelude to

Revolution

The first was the Sugar Act in 1763 , when King George III

signed the Proclamation that prohibited any English settlement west of

the Appalachian Mountains requiring those who are already settled in

those regions to return

east in an attempt to ease tension with the

Native Americans . The Sugar Act was passed by the English Parliament to

offset the war debt caused by the French and Indian War as well as pay

the expenses of operating the colonies and the acquired territories

This act raises the duties on imported sugar and other items such as

textiles , coffee , wines , and indigo (dye . This act increased the

duties on foreign goods that were reshipped from England to the

colonies as well as forbid the import of foreign rum and French wines

In 1764 The Currency Act prohibits colonists from issuing any

legal money . The act destabilizes the entire colonial economy of

the industrial North and the agricultural South uniting the colonists

to fight against it . In May of the same year , at a town meeting in

Boston , James Otis discusses the issue of taxation without

representation urging a united response among the colonists . In August

in Boston begin a boycott of British luxury goods

In March , The Stamp Act is passed by English Parliament , which imposes the first direct tax on the American Colonies to offset the

high cost of the British military in American . This meant the American 's for the first time in the 150-year-old history of the British colonists in American , had to pay taxes directly to England and not to their local legislations . All printed materials under this law such as newss pamphlets , bills , legal documents , licenses , dice and playing cards are taxed . The American colonist 's , led by predominate influential leaders such as lawyers , publishers , landowners , ship builders , and merchants unite in protest against this Act . Also , in March the Quartering Act requires colonists to house British troops and supply food to them

In May of 1765 , the same year , in Virginia , Patrick Henry presents seven Virginia Resolutions to the House of Burgess claiming that only the Virginian assembly is able to legally tax Virginia residents If this be treason , make the most of it ' In July of 1765 the son of Liberty , an organized group who is opposed to the Stamp Act is formed in the colonial towns . Its members use intimidation and violence forcing all of the British stamp agents to resign as well as stop American merchants from ing British trade goods . In August of 1765 , a mob in Boston , attack the home of Thomas Hutchinson , chief justice of Massachusetts and the family narrowly escapes The incidents which eventually erupted...