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Cause 1: French and Indian War
who: French with Native Americans vs. British Colonies (British Government)
where: North America
who won: British -
Cause 2: Proclamation of 1763
Who issued it: King George III
Who did it affect: only licensed traders could trade to the Indians
What did the Proclamation do to the colonies?: forbade private citizens and colonial governments alike from buying land or making any agreements with natives
How is this a cause that led to war?: King George III declared all lands west of the Appalachian Divide off-limits to colonial settlers -
Cause 3: Sugar act
How did it affect the colonists? decreased the tax on British sugar and molasses but increased the enforcement of anti-smuggling laws
How is this a cause that led to war?: raise revenue to help defray the military costs of protecting the American colonies at a time when Great Britain's economy was saddled with the huge national debt accumulated during the French and Indian War -
Cause 4: Stamp Act
How did it affect the colonists? The issues of taxation and representation raised by the Stamp Act strained relations with the colonies
How is this a cause that led to war?: taxation without representation -
Cause 5: Quartering Act
How did it affect the colonists? They had to let British soldiers stay in there house
How is this a cause that led to war?: increased empire defense costs in America following the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War -
Cause 7: Boston Massacre
Who:between a patriot mob and a squad of British soldiers
Where: Boston
What happened and why: patriots were throwing stuff at the soldiers
How is this a cause that led to war? helped to unite the colonies against Britain -
Cause 6: Tea Act
How did it affect the colonists? Allowed to trade straight with the colonists
How is this a cause that led to war?: dumped their loads of tea overboard -
Boston Tea Party
Who: Patriot leader Samuel Adams and around 60 members of the sons of liberty
Where: Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts
What happened and why: sons of liberty dumped tea in the Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts
Outcome/effect: the British shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of British East India Company tea were paid for, then there was the intolerable act -
Cause 8: Intolerable Acts
Who:British Parliament
Where: north of the Ohio River
What happened and why: British punished people for the for the Boston tea party
How is this a cause that led to war? They were beating colonists