The Revolutionary War became inevitable when King George III passed the Proclamation Line of 1763. After fighting in the French and Indian War, the colonists had won the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. However, the Proclamation Line of 1763 kept the colonists from settling the new land. This made it clear to the colonists that they were not considered equal members of the British government. Rather, they were being used for their services and the goods they provided. The colonists were beginning to realize that Britain was using them as a source of revenue and...

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... doing something bad for them in some way. The colonies did not realize that the British were only trying to help them. The British helped the colonies become prosperous. All the tax laws passed were to help protect the colonies, not to screw over the colonies and make them pay more money. The Proclamation of 1763 set down the boundaries of North America. The colonists ... were not allowed to expand westward. The colonies were very mad about this. The Proclamation of 1763 also established four new colonies. They wanted to expand westward for no real reason ... into the Boston Harbor any...

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... would be faced with a great decision, do we or do we not break from our mother England? England's constant pestering of the American Colonies would lead these colonies to ask themselves if they should do just that, break away from England. In the end with England's unnecessary taxations and act's ... in many different acts in which would tax's many of the American citizens. Some of these acts include the Stamp Act, The Sugar and Currency Act and a few others. Looking at the Sugar act, which was created in 1763 by George Grenville who was appointed first minister, by King George ... III...

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... Everything else that triggered the minds of these revolutionaries was the effect caused by Britains salutary neglect of the American colonies. During the climax growth of the colonies, the first stages in which Great Britain should have been there to guide them through the colonization process ... take control when they no longer needed them. The British tried to show their first show of authority by establishing the Proclamation of 1763. It prohibited settlement in the area beyond the Appalachian mountains, pending further adjustments. This drawn document was not designed to oppress the ...

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... was mostly caused by economic factors. Britain suddenly put heavy taxes and trade regulations on the colonies after a long period of salutary neglect. This added strain to the American economy. Also, King George 3 issued the Proclamation Line of 1763, which stated no settlers could go beyond the Appalachian Mountains. This law could no be enforced and it angered the colonists greatly. The colonists ... the Stamp Act so the Sons of Liberty burned stamps and it was repealed. The Declaration Act of 1766 was an act that stated that Parliament had authority over the colonies. The colonists r...

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The Long and Short Term causes of the Revolutionary War Long Term Causes The American Revolution began long before the first shots were fired in 1775. America and England first began to part ways in 1763 more than a century and half after the first permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. ... The British did this because they wanted no more confrontation with the French and Indians and thought if more colonies were set up farther west then they would lose authority over the colonies. This in turn, caused confrontation between the colonists and the English. In 1733 the Molasses Act which ...

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... of westward expansion into Canada and the Mississippi valley. They were trying to retain the control over the original colonies before allowing expansion into others, where they had no control! They tried doing this by passing The Royal Proclamation of 1763, which reserved all the western territory between the Alleghenies, Florida, the Mississippi River and Quebec for use by ... affixed to all newspapers, broadsides, pamphlets, licenses, leases or other legal documents, the revenue (collected by American customs agents) to be used for "defending, protecting and securing" the colonies. T...

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