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The British, Patriot mob. Boston, Providence of Mass Bay March 5th,1770.It began as a street brawl b/t colonists and a lone British soldier, but quickly escalated to a chaotic, bloody slaughter.Tensions began to grow, and in Boston in Feb 1770 a patriot mob attacked a British loyalist, who fired a gun at them, killing a boy.In the brawls b/t colonists and British soldiers event culminated in the Boston Massacre. The event in Boston helped to unite the colonies against Britain. The Boston Massacr
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Who fought on each side (don’t forget the allies): French with Native Americans vs. British Colonies (British Government): Britain, Sweden , Austria, and France: Where (territory-can be general) :North America When (dates: year to year): April 1775- September 1763 Who won the war: Britain How is this a cause that led to war?: the colonists rights
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Who issued it: The British Who did it affect: The 13 colonies When: October 7, 1763 What did the Proclamation do to the colonies?: prohibited the American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. How is this a cause that led to war?: Colonists weren’t pleased that they were prohibited from expanding to the west land.
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When was it enacted: April 27, 1773 How did it affect the colonists? The Tea Act cut out colonial merchants, and the prominent and influential colonial merchants reacted with anger. How is this a cause that led to war?: The act's main purpose was not to raise revenue from the colonies but to bail out the floundering East India Company, a key actor in the British economy.
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After Massachusetts Governor Thomas Hutchinson refused, Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized the “tea party” with about 60 members of the Sons of Liberty, his underground resistance group. The British tea dumped in Boston Harbor on the night of December 16 was valued at some $18,000. Boston Harbor, Boston, May 10th, 1773 The Boston Tea Party was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. American colonists, frustrated and ang
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Upset by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property by American colonists, the British Parliament enacts the Coercive Acts, to the outrage of American Patriots, on March 28, 1774. The Coercive Acts were a series of four acts established by the British government.Though it was not intended by the British government to punish the people of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea party, many colonists consider the act as one of the Intolerable A
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When was it enacted: April 5, 1764 How did it affect the colonists? Because the needed sugar and molasses. How is this a cause that led to war?: Americans believed that Parliament intended to use them for profit only and not recognize their rights as British citizens
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When was it enacted: March 12, 1765 How did it affect the colonists? The colonists protested because the British were making too much money without their approvla. How is this a cause that led to war?: Basically “No Taxation Without Representation”.
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When was it enacted: March 24,1765 How did it affect the colonists? They thought the taxes were too harsh, and then they didn’t want to provide for the troops. They also felt like they didn’t have a voice. How is this a cause that led to war?: because they were being taxed to pay for provisions and barracks for the army.
