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Causes of the American Revolution

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    Left British in great debt and raising taxes from the colonies. The colonies learned they could unite togther.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Prohibited settlement past the Appalachian Mountains. Many colonists took offense at this order.
  • Committees of Correspondence

    Committees of Correspondence

    Organized by Samuel Adams; helped spread propaganda and information through letters.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act increased duties on sugar imported from the West Indies.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act ordered the colonists to house and feed British soldiers if necessary
  • Son of Liberty

    Son of Liberty

    The Sons of Liberty took the law into their own hands, and made change happen.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    A group of colonists dumped tea overboard from three ships in Boston Harbor.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    In response to the creation of the Intolerable Acts, they Congress called for boycott of British goods.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Number of acts passed after the Boston Tea Party and placed many restrictions on the colonists.