The Colonists and Britain won the French and Indian war. The British government had a large war debt. The war debt became because the British were protecting the colonists. In 1763 British passed the proclamation that forbade the colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. This made the colonists angry because they wanted to grow larger. The British felt as they needed to keep the colonies small for purposes of protection. The Colonists felt that they were being punished and not allow to grow larger. These two felt differently about the British proclamation. The British acts were making the colonists so mad. The British began to pass a number of acts. Each act was a new tax on the colonies. The colonist felt that these acts were …show more content…
They could only do what pleased the white people. To the Negroes these laws became intolerable. The Negroes resisted the law by boycotting. The two conflicts had some similarities. The colonialist felt that they had no say in the treatment by the British. They British told them what to do. The colonists decided not to obey that the laws and to revolt. They formed the Continental Congress and later picked a leader, George Washington. In Montgomery the Negro people were offended by the lack of rights and unfair treatment by the laws. They decided to not obey the laws and risk imprisonment. They formed an organization, the Montgomery Improvement Association and elected a leader, Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. They decided to fight to change the law and to boycott. The colonists fought for the idea of freedom. They said that “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. These words were very important to get Colonists to agree to fight for a