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Causes of the American Revolution(Arnulfo)

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  • Stamp act

    Stamp act
    The stamp act was a taxation the British implemented in the colonist with the attempt of trying to save their economy
    -(British action) Tax law that makes colonist pay for a stamp to prove payment of tax
    -(Colonial Reaction)Boycott of British goods, harass stamp distributors, and prepare a declaration of rights
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    Causes of the American Revolution

    Throughout this years there were many causes that caused an impact on the American Revolution, All these events had a significant change in the minds of colonists in order to start the American Revolution.

  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts
    An act to tax many imports that the colonists used
    -(British Reaction)British tax colonial imports and station troops at major ports to protect customs officers
    -(Colonial reaction)The colonist protest with the phrase "Taxation without representation" and also boycott imports

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    -A angry mob that attack British soldiers and results in around 5 deaths
    -(British Reaction)Troops stationed in Boston are taunted by angry mob and they fire into the crowd which leads to 5 deaths
    -(Colonial Reaction)Colonials label it as a massacre and publish a dramatic engraving

  • Tea Act

    Tea Act
    Britain lowering the tea by giving a monopoly to the East India Company
    -(British Action)Britain gives the East India Company a monopoly for tea to the Colonials
    -(Colonial Reaction)Colonist rebels dump around 18,000 pounds of East India Company tea into Boston Harbor

  • Intolerable acts

    Intolerable acts
    -King George starts changing many rules in order to make life harder for colonist
    -(British Reaction)King George tightens control of Massachusetts by closing Boston and quartering troops
    -(Colonial Reaction)Leaders form the first continental congress and create a declaration of colonial rights

  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    -2 Major battles in the towns of Lexington and Concord
    -(British Reaction) General Gage orders troop to march to Concord, Massachusetts, and seize colonial weapons
    -(Colonial Reaction)Minutemen Intercept the British and engage in battle. First at Lexington and then at Concord