THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
SONS OF LIBERTY RESISTANCE TO THE STAMP ACT AND BRITISH RULE
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to force colonists to pay taxes
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to prevent a revolution
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to enforce the laws that kept them from moving west
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to search for smuggled goods.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was already hard for them to govern the colonies from overseas. The British believed that if Americans moved west over the mountains, it would be too challenging to regulate trade and taxes, and that their resources would be spread too thin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why were British soldiers stationed in the colonies after 1763? After the proclamation of 1763 was passed, many colonists were angered and many ignored the law. British soldiers were stationed to help keep rebellion on a down low.
Detailed explanation-3: -The presence of British regular troops in the streets of Boston enraged colonists, who now felt they were being occupied by a foreign army.
Detailed explanation-4: -The British made a perfunctory effort to enforce the proclamation, periodically stopping settlers as they headed west and forcibly removing others. On one occasion, redcoats from Fort Pitt in present-day Pittsburgh even burned the huts of some nearby pioneers and escorted them back across the boundary.
Detailed explanation-5: -King George III had agreed to protect their lands from future settlement and they viewed these settlements as a violation. King George III decided to send soldiers to keep colonists out of native lands. He hoped this plan would help maintain peace in the frontier, but it would also cost money.