Causes of the American Revolution

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763,was signed by King George III of
    England, prohibited by any English Settlement West of Appalachian Mountains. It provides those who were already in those regions to return east in an attempt to ease tensions with Native Americans.
  • The Sugar Act of 1764

    The Sugar Act of 1764

    The Sugar Act was handed over by parliament. They passed it over to pay for the war and debt brought on by the French and Indian War to help pay for their cost of everything. The Sugar Act had made the duties bigger and imported sugars and other additional items such as coffee,wines, and dye.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act allowed different royal troops to stay in houses or empty buildings if barracks were not available. They helped keep people living in houses.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre started when a man harassed the British soldiers who then fired their muskets pointblank into the big crowd that was in front of them. Killing three people right away, two others that were mortally wounded and six people being injured.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    On December, 12 of 1773 a group of men calling themselves "Sons of Liberty." The men were dressed as Mohawk Indians. They boarded three ships from the British the Beaver, the Elenore and the Darthmouth. They dumped forty-five tons of tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • The Boston Port Act

    The Boston Port Act

    The Boston Port Act closed the part of Boston in 1774. The price of the dumped tea was recovered, moved the capital of Massachusetts to Salem. They made the official part of entry for the story.
  • Massachusetts Regulating Act

    Massachusetts Regulating Act

    This act had made laws for the officers subject to appointment by the government. They banned all town meetings and didn't have approval for the royal governor.
  • Impactical Administration of Justice Act

    Impactical Administration of Justice Act

    They allowed the royal governor of a colony to move on trials to different colonies. Even England if he got scared that juries in those colonies would't talk about case fairly.
  • The Quebec Act

    The Quebec Act

    The Quebec Act is basically granted government. It also contains religious freedom to people living in Quebec.
  • The Stamp Act of 1775

    The Stamp Act of 1775

    In the middle of March, the Stamp Act was passed on by parliament. There was very high cost of the British Military. This is the first time that the American soldiers have to pay tax and not their own local legislaters.