American revolution

Causes of the American Revolution

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    Beginning and End of the American Revolution

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    Also known as "Seven Year's War" was a war fought between French and Indians vs the Colonists and Britain.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act taxed all paper goods in Colonial America
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act
    It taxed all paints, lead, glass, paper, and tea.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The colonists in Massachusetts Bay Colony threw sticks and stones at the British sentry, and the British retaliated by killing five colonists.
  • Coercive Acts

    Coercive Acts
    The Coercive Acts were the Quartering Act, the Massachusetts Governing Act, the Boston Port Act, the Administrative Justice Act, and the Quebec Act.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    The British lowered the cost of Tea, but they also taxed it.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The colonists threw gallons and gallons of tea into the Harbor, and the result of that was the intolerable acts.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act
    The Quebec Act extended the boundaries for the Quebec.
  • The Second Continental Congress

    The Second Continental Congress
    Was the Second Congress formed if the King said no to the First Continental Congress.
  • The First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress
    The Colonists formed a Congress to write a letter of 55 delegates instead of some from Georgia, and the letter said that they wanted more freedom and didn't want all of the taxes.
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord

    Battle of Lexington and Concord
    Is the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
  • The Battle of Bunker Hill

    The Battle of Bunker Hill
    The British Beat the Colonists at Bunker Hill in Massachusetts.
  • Mercantilism

    Mercantilism
    Mercantilism is the time between which merchants would get more money then the average amount they usually make.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris is what ended the French and Indian War.