Causes of the American Revolution

Stamp Act

Sep 13, 1712

Parliament taxes colonies for printed materials

French and Indian War

Sep 13, 1754

British vs. French/Indians, British victory (1754-1763)

Townshend Act

Sep 14, 1767

Created to punish New York for not following the 1765 Quartering Act, and to allow the British Parliament to tax the colonies.
Taxes on; tea, paint, glass, oil, lead and paper

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British Army kills 5, murders 6 civillian

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

Created to reduce the large amount of tea held by the East India Company in order to help the company survive.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Political protest.
Dressed up as American Indians and destroyd ships carrying tea, in anger of the Tea Act.

1st Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

Called into response of the Intolerable Act.
Discussed Britains trade boycott and their rights.
Petitions to King George lll to make amends of the hardship. Petition fails.

Intolerable Acts

Sep 14, 1774

Purpose was to punish the colonists after their outbreak.
Took away self-governing.

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

First engagements of the Revolutunary War

2nd Continental Congress

May 10, 1775

Managed war effort, and wanted more freedom.
Declaration of Independance created on July 4th, 1776.

Publishing of Common Sense

Jan 9, 1776

Thomas Paine wrote this in agreement with the Revolutiuon and in favor of independance.