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Cause 1: French and Indian War 1754-1763
Who fought on each side (don’t forget the allies): French with Native Americans vs. British Colonies (British Government) Where (territory-can be general) :North America Who won the war: Colonies How is this a cause that led to war?: Britain is left with mass debt and he sends troop to guard the Appalachian Mt to prevent war -
Cause 2: Proclamation of 1763
Who issued it: British King George Who did it affect: The British colonies When: 1763 What did the Proclamation do to the colonies? Colonists and colonial governments could not buy Land Any Traveler who traveled west had to be approved by the British Parliament.
only the British Government could acquire land in the west.
Any colonist living in the west had to move back east. How is this a cause that led to war?: Any Traveler who traveled west had to be approved by the British Parliament. -
Cause 3: Sugar Act 1764
Cause 3: Sugar Act 1764 When was it enacted: 1764 How did it affect the colonists?
Great Britain needed to raise Money to pay their war debt.
British Parliament thought it was fair to TAX the colonists because .
Define tariff = are used to restrict imports by increasing the price of goods and services purchased from another country How is this a cause that led to war?: Colonies of NEW ENGLAND were impacted because they needed sugar and molasses. -
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Cause 4: Stamp Act 1765
How did it affect the colonists? required all paper documents be printed on STAMPED paper
The actual cost of the tax was SMALL, but the colonists PROTESTED it because they saw it as an attempt by Great Britain to raise money in the colonies without colonial APPROVAL. How is this a cause that led to war?: Britain taxed everything -
Cause 5: Quartering Act 1765
When was it enacted: March 24, 1765 How did it affect the colonists? The colonists felt they didn’t have a VOICE Sons of Liberty
formed July 1765 by Samuel ADAMS and John HANCOCK in Boston How is this a cause that led to war?: the colonists wanted:to send REPRESETION to serve on British PARLIMENT. Before the 18th century, Great Britain controlled Trade in the colonies by regulating And taxed imports and exports. -
Cause 6: Townshend Act 1767
When was it enacted: 1767 How did it affect the colonists? Essential goods were taxed: glass, LEAD, paints, paper, TEA.
Colonists began BOYCOTT British goods.
Parliament REPEALED the Townshend Acts in 1770, but the tax on TEA remained. How is this a cause that led to war?: Britain kept on taxing essential goods. -
Cause 7: Boston Massacre 1770
Who: colonists Where: Boston When: March 1770, What happened and why: By 1770 there were 4,ooo British soldiers in Boston in response to recent colonial protests and violence. How is this a cause that led to war? In the weeks following the incident, a propaganda war broke out between supporters of the British (Loyalists) and supporters of the colonists (Patriots) In March 1773, Virginia proposed every colony form its own Committee of Correspondence