HIST 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Royal Proclamation Of 1763, Continental Army
23 Feb 2016
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Chapter 5 review: the american revolution: from elite protest to popular revolt, 1763-1783. By attempting to tax them without representation, parliament threatened those rights. Parliament established the proclamation line of 1763 to reduce the costs of protecting the frontier, but this angered colonists seeking new lands in the west. Parliament also concluded that the colonists should help reduce the national debt, but when it passed the stamp act (1765), americans protested. Taken aback, parliament repealed the hated statute, while maintaining in the declaratory act (1766) its complete legislative authority over the americans. In 1775, following battles at lexington and concord, militiamen from throughout new england descended upon boston, besieging the british troops encamped there. Congress formed the continental army and appointed george washington commander. Paine"s common sense convinced colonists that a republic was a better form of government than monarchy, and congress declared independence. To win their independence, the colonists first had to overcome the formidable military power of great.
