Causes of the American Revolution

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
04/05/1754	The French & Indian War	The French/Indians fought the British over land in the Ohio River Valley.
02/10/1763	Treaty of Paris (1763)	The British defeated the French/Indians. French lost ALL land in North America. The British also gained spanish Florida.
10/07/1763	The Proclamation of 1763	King George the Third, proclaimed the land west of the Appalachian Mountains unsettelable. Colonists were outraged.
09/29/1764	The British impose taxes on the Colonists.	The British imposed taxes on the colonists without their vote to pay for the French & Indian War. The colonists disagreed with this greatly.
11/01/1765	The British imposed the Stamp Act on colonists.	The British taxed paper products made in Britain. This only effected the colonies. The colonists responded by boycotting British Tea.
03/18/1766	The Declaratory Act & Repeal of the Stamp Act	-The Declaratory Act stated that Parliment's authority was the same in America as it was in Britain. That same day Parliment repealed the Stamp Act. The colonist savored a temporary victory, but they were then slapped with another Act.
07/02/1767	The Townshed Acts	The Townshed Acts were passed by Parliment. The colonists were angered.
03/05/1770	The Boston Massacre	British soldiers kill 5 colonists and injure 6 more when they are tested by an angry, anti-tax mob. The soldiers were tried for murder and defended by John Adams. They were found not guilty, but the colonists believe they will kill to enforce laws.
12/16/1773	The Boston Tea Party	The "Sons of Liberty," dressed as Indians, dumped large shipments of British Tea into Boston Harbor. The British imposed more acts on the colonies and forced them to pay for the lost tea.
01/01/1774	The Intolerable Acts	The Intolerable Acts were a series of acts passed on the colonies by Parliment. This was in a sense the straw that broke the camel's back to the colonists.
04/19/1775	The Battle of Lexington & Concord	This is the first battle of the American Revolution. 4,000 colonists attacked British troops traveling from Boston to Concord and then back to Boston. The British suffered 273 casualties and the Americans lost 90. The colonists were now engaged in war.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
04/05/1754 to 02/10/1763	The French & Indian War