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Causes of the American Revolution

By Parvulster

  • French and Indian War Begins

    French and Indian War Begins
    The English and French battled for colonial domination in North America.

  • French and Indian War Ends

    French and Indian War Ends
    The British win the war, helping to protect the colonies.

  • The Proclimation of 1763

    The Proclimation of 1763
    After the end of the French and Indian War, King George III forbade all settlements west of the heads of all rivers which flowed into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest. This proclamation was to calm the fears of Indians who felt they might be driven from their lands, but was resented by the colonists.

  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act
    Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act of 1733. The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses, but also listed more foreign goods to be taxed. This tax was going to be more strictly enforced than before.

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    Parliament imposed a new tax on colonists requiring them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.

  • The Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act
    Parliament outlined locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. Colonists were required to house the British soldiers.

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    A street fight occurred on King Street in Boston between British Army soldiers and a “patriot” mob. Several colonists were killed. Patriots used this event to fuel hatred toward British authorities.

  • The Battle of Alamance

    The Battle of Alamance
    A rebellion between Lord Tyron and his army, and western colonists in North Carolina over issues of taxation and local control.

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    The Tea Act gave the British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the colonies.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    At night, a few dozen colonists dressed as Natives threw over 92,000 pounds of tea off of a boat into Boston Harbor.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts
    British Parliament passed a series of laws to punish the colonists in Massachusetts for their part in throwing a large tea shipment into Boston Harbor.

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    The British and the colonists fight the first military battles of the American Revolutionary War on mainland British America.