Causes of the american revolution timeline- Giavanna Micciche and Gisselle Cahoe
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Differences in colonial governments
Colonial politics differed from British governments in many ways. British officials hoped to change the assemblies often held in marriages by taxing the colonists to provide salaries to royal governors and judges. Colonists saw themselves as equal members of the British political body. Differences became a problem when Parliament tried to levy taxes on the colonies. -
End of the French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris ended the war. Which was signed in February of 1763. British received Canada from France and Florida from Spain, but permitted France to keep its West Indian sugar islands and gave Louisiana to Spain. -
Patriot Leaders Emerge
A mob was lead by Sons of Liberty which was created to lead some popular protest. The Sons of Liberty tore down the office and they also damaged the house of stamp tax collector -
Taxation without representation
colonists protested the Stamp Act. Many thought that this act revealed a conspiracy by British officials to destroy American liberties. Britons payed taxes although couldn't vote. Many large British cities did not elect representatives to Parliament, which was everyone in Empire. The Empire needed money and Parliament had the right to levy taxes anywhere within the Empire. -
Sugar, Quartering, and Stamp Acts
in 1764 the new prime minister, George Grenville, proposed raising money by collecting duties already in effect. In 1765 they passed the Quartering Act which required colonies to provide housing and supplies for British troops set there after the War between the French and Indian. As well as in 1765 the parliament passed a bill that would raise money from the colonies. Stamp act was for colonists to pay a tax on all printed items, books, court papers, and so forth. -
Enlightenment ideas
Virginia House of Burgesses overall most of Henry's resolves, but only rejected two because they were said to be deemed to radical -
Patriot leaders emerge and leaders organize a boycott
colonists violently protested the Stamp Act, which effected all colonists. Those who disobeyed the British taxes called themselves 'Patriots.' Man formed an association known as Sons of Liberty. Protest grew and angry crowds attacked those who helped collect taxes. To control the protest nine colonies sent delegates to a stamp act congress in New York in October of 1675. Women played important rolls in the boycotts. Under pressure they repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. -
Boston Tea Party
Tea boycott worsened financial problems from struggling British East Coast Indian Company. Instead of buying cheaper tea the colonists protested that the British where trying to trick them into paying the tax. On the night of December 16, 1773, Boston Patriots took it into their own hands. They dressed as Indians, boarded three British ships with tea aboard and dumped it all into the harbor. This was then known as the Boston Tea Party. -
British government is a model
The British government had three branches. Legislative, Parliament, and Aristocrats. The British system was far from democratic, but democracy was dangerous in a society where people took unequal property. Most colonists agreed in the opinion that all men are equal. -
The intolerable acts and the colonies take action
The acts forced colonists to house British troops and allowed British officials to be tried in Britain for crimes committed in the colonies. Horrified colonist called the legislation the Intolerable Act. For Massachusetts, the colonies opposed the Coercive Acts and viewed them as a threat to their freedom. To force Parliament into taking away this act, they boycotted all of British imports. John Adams who was a Patriot believed Americans could unite to defeat the British. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy, and Cambridge.
