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Causes of the Revolutionary War

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    Elements of the Revolutionary war

  • Navigation Act

    Navigation Act

    laws that didn’t allow foreign ships to trade with Britain and the colonies.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    An acquisition in North America after the French Indian war which made a forbidden line for settlements to pass across the Appalachian mountains.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act

    Act that was passed that made the colonial merchants to pay a tax.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    An act of the British parliament that obtained income from the colonies by imposing a stamp on documents.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    two acts that allow the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing will be provided by the colonies.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    Series of acts passed the British Parliament relating Britain to the colonies.
  • Boston Massacare

    Boston Massacare

    A street fight between the patriot mob armed with snowballs, stones ,and sticks and a squad of British solders. Several colonist were killed leading to a campaign against the British soldiers.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    A political protest by the sons of liberty against Britain's tea act in America.
  • Intalerable Act

    Intalerable Act

    Series of punitive laws created by the American Patriots and passed by the British parliament, it was meant to punish the Massachusetts colonist for throwing a tea shipment it Boston harbor.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The first military Engagements of the Revolutionary war between the British soldiers and the American Patriots.