Causes of the American Revolution

By Masonthomas

  • Royal Proclamation

    The British forbade settling to the west of the Appalachian mountains for the colonists.
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  • Sugar Act

    Placed import tax on foreign sugar and other stuff entering the colonies.

  • Stamp Act

    A tax on anything printed, a stamp was needed to prove that it was payed.

  • Declaratory Act

    Asserted full power and authority to parliament to make laws.

  • Townsend Act

    Placed import taxes on stuff like tea, lead, glass, and dyes.

  • Boston Massacre

    A group of protesters were shot at by some red coats.

  • Tea Act

    Parliament tried to help the east India trade company stay in buisness by helping them sell the cheapest tea.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    Parliament closed the port of Boston until they paid for the Boston Tea Party, forbade town meetings without the governor's permission, Let soldiers be tried in non hostile courts, made colonists give up food and shelter for soldiers.

  • Quebec Act

    Extended Quebec's boundary into colonist territory.