Causes of the American Revolution

  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War
    It was a colonial conflict. This conflict unlike the other ones began in America. The reason this happened is because they both wanted the Ohio Valley.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    The proclamation of 1763 was a boundary marked by the Appalachian mountains that happened after the French and Indian War and the British did not want them to pass into the Ohio Valley because it was there land.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    The stamp act was an act that granted and applied certain stamp duties,and other duties,in the British colonies and plantations in America.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    An act for granting a drawback of part of the customs upon the exportation of tea to Ireland so it made a law for exporting tea.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    Townspeople stormed ships and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water and while they did this they were disguised as Native Americans.
  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts
    Parliament was fed up with colonial antics. So they made new taxes and using different laws to punish the colonists for the Boston tea party.
  • Decleration of Independance

    Decleration of Independance
    The Declaration of Independence is a very important part of American history and there were many people who signed it including:George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, John Morton, Benjamin Rush, George Ross, James Smith, James Wilson, George Taylor