Causes of American Revolution

  • French & Indian War

    The war between the French and the Indians
  • Proclamation of 1763

    When the Royal Crown gave more land to the colonist.
  • Sugar Act

    When the Royal Crown raised the taxes on sweeteners
  • Stamp Act

    When the Royal crown raised the taxes on stamps
  • Townshend Acts

    The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.
  • Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars on March 5, 1770.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston tea party was when a lot of colonist dump tea in to the Boston harbor
  • Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts was the American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. They were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston harbor.