Causes of the American Revolution

  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act
    The Navigation Act were laws that restricted foreign shipping for trade between England.
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    French and Indian War

    A war between France and Britain over the control of land and the fur trade. Also known as the Seven Year War. The British win and they gain control of the Mississippi River and the land east of the Mississippi River. And parts of Canada.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    Colonial merchants had to pay a tax of six pence per gallon.
    They would have to pay more which it was almost a luxury to have it.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Items that were printed were required to show that items had been taxed.
  • Boston Massactre

    Boston Massactre
    Fight between the British and Patriots.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    The people didn't like being taxed and having to pay more for tea. People dusguised as Native Americans and destroyed the ship of tea.
  • Proclamation of 1673

    Proclamation of 1673
    It was an imagenary line done by the British officials to keep the colonists from settling east of the Appalachian Mountains. This angered the colonists.
  • Sons of Liverty

    Sons of Liverty
    To protest against paying taxes