Causes of the American Revolution

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    The French and Indian War

    The French and Indian war or the Seven Year War was a war that lasted seven year and it pute the British colonies with the French against each other with help from their mother countries and Native Americans.
  • The Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763
    A treaty passed by the British stating that prohibited any American colonist from settling west of Appalachia.
  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act
    The Sugar Act was passed to tax the colonist on imported goods from the Europeans like sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico, and further, regulated the export of lumber and iron.
  • The Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act
    Required colonist to house the British in barracks built by the colonies.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    Tax imposed by the British caused the colonist to pay tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    5 deaths after the colonist mobbed the British army scaring them to shooting.
  • The Battle of Alamance

    The Battle of Alamance
    The first battle by the Regulators who had had enough taxation from the military and Britain.
  • The Tea Act & The Boston Tea Party

    The Tea Act & The Boston Tea Party
    The Tea Act taxed the colonist on tea but the colonist retaliated with the Boston Massacre where they dumped tons of tea into the sound.
  • The Intolerable Act

    The Intolerable Act
    The act by British parliament after the retaliation by the colonist known as the Boston Tea Party.
  • Fighting at Lexington and Concord

    Fighting at Lexington and Concord
    The first battle of the American Revolution between the colonist and Britain, Resulting in a victory for the colonist.