Causes of the American Revolution

By Afinch

  • The Proclamation of 1763

    The Proclamation of 1763
    The British were trying to prevent the colonists from angering the Indians by going west of the Appalachians. This angered the colonists because they felt that they fought for the land and should be able to use it.

  • Currency and Sugar act

    Currency and Sugar act
    Taxes that were placed on common imports such as molasses

  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act required that all paper was taxed and had a stamp to prove the tax.

  • Alexander Mcdougal Imprisoned

    Alexander Mcdougal Imprisoned
    Alexander McDougal was imprisoned for libel after publishing his work "To the Betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New York"

  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    British troops opened fire on protesting colonists.

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    The Boston Tea party was a protest by the colonists in Boston (specifically the sons of liberty) who did not approve of the tea act and the way Britain controlled them. They dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.

  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts
    A series of laws that included the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act which were all meant to punish the settlers after the Boston Tea Party.