Prohibitory Act 1775

The Prohibitory Act 1775 was passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in her American colonies, which became known as the American Revolutionary War (or, to the British, the American War of Independence).

• First Continental Congress met September 5, 1775 in Philadelphia 
• Colonies were attempting to start a rebellion against the British Rule and Parliament
• Colonists had stopped trade with Britain
• American Colonies had decided they wanted to be free and had created their own government