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Causes of the American Revolution
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End of French and Indian War
It was a war over territory between Britain and France. Britain wanted the Ohio River Valley added to their land they already had. British lost a bunch of money and started taxing the colonists. The colonists thought this was unfair -
Proclamation of 1763
This Proclamation banned colonists from settling past the Appalachain Mountain range This upset the colonists because they could not settle in the land they helped win during the war. Tensions were beginning to grow. -
Sugar Act
Put a tax on sugar and molasses. Leads James Otis to coin the term "taxation without representation is tyranny" . Following this act the colonists began to bycott british goods. -
Stamp Act
forced colonists to buy an extra stamp for diplomas, contracts, playing cards and other documents. colonists thought this tax was unfair and should be repealed. colonists burned stamps and held the stamp act congress. they also tarred and featherd british officials. -
Quartering Act
forced colonists to house and feed british soldiers. this made colonists feel that their rights had been violated. in response some colonists refused to house soldiers. -
Townshend Acts
taxed imports but was repealed the folowing year. allowed british customs officials to search ships. colonists viewed this act as still a tax and that their rights were being violated. some colonists responded by smuggling goods and reduced imports. -
Boston Massacre
Massacre in Boston on King Street. Rioting colonists were taunting British soldiers. some of the colonists including Crispus Attucks were killed. Viewed as murder by the colonists . -
Tea Act
Put a tax on which to Britian actually lowered the cost of tea. Colonial merchants and consumers are upset as it is still a tax. This resulted in the Boston Tea Party. -
Boston Tea Party
Colonists disguised as Indians dumped 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbor. It took the colonists just three hours to dump all 342 crates into Boston Harbor. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
The British set up a blockade of Boston Harbor until the tea from the Boston Tea Party was paid for. This new act did three things, 1 closed the port of Boston, 2 strengthened the power of the Royal Governor, abolished the upper house of the Massachusetts Legislature, and cut the powers of town meetings, and lastly strengthened the Quartering Act of 1765 -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere was a silversmith who warned the colonists of British actions in Boston. During his famous midnight ride he and 2 other patriots spread word that the British were coming. The very next day Lexington saw shots -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord where the beginning of the revolution. Lexington is where the first shot of the Revolution was fired. -
The 1st Continental Congress
The beginning of government in the colonies. This was a group of colonists, 1 from every colony exept Georgia, who met to discuss the Intolerable Acts.
