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Causes of the American Revolution

By Makayla0816

  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act
    Series of Acts passed in the English Parliament in 1651,1660 & 1663. Colonies represented a lucrative source of wealth and trade.

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    All legal documents and printed papers were taxed. The colonist tared and feathered tax collectors.

  • French and Indian war

    French and Indian war
    The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War.

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    Prohibited colonist from selling west. Colonist were very upset and mad.

  • Sugar act

    Sugar act
    Molasses was taxed.The colonist boycotted British goods.

  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act
    Declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act.

  • Townshand Acts

    Townshand Acts
    Leaied tax on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea. Authorized writs of assistance.

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Boston citizens were angry at the sight of Red Coats and threw stuff at them. Soon after that shots were fired.

  • Committees ofCorrespondence

    Committees ofCorrespondence
    A group of men got together and gained intelligence.

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    British taxed tea. Only certain people were allowed to sell tea.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Sons of Liberty dumped English tea into the Boston Harbor in response to the Tea Act

  • Intolerable Act

    Intolerable Act
    British closed the harbor and forced you to let soldiers to stay in your house.

  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
    British organized a group of representatives in each colony. All the colonies boycotted.

  • Battle of lexington and concord

    Battle of lexington and concord
    The first shots of the American revolution were fired in Lexington. General Thomas Gage sent 700 soldiers to destroy guns and ammunition the colonists had stored in Concord.

  • Quatering Act

    Quatering Act
    British asked colonist to host 1500 soldiers and supply them with necessities to live.

  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill
    Patriots surrounded Boston on every side except Charleston. You were told "Do not shoot until you see the whites of their eyes.

  • Second continental congress

    Second continental congress
    Delegates all 13 colonies.

  • Thomas Paine's Common Since

    Thomas Paine's Common Since
    Challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy.