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Causes of the Revolutionary War
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Treaty of Paris, 1763
The official end of the French & Indian War/ Seven Years War between Britain and France. -
Proclamation of 1763
Forbid American colonists from settling west of Appalachian Mountains -
Sugar Act
Parliament authorizes a tariff on sugar and sugar products -
Currency Act
Forbid the use of colonial currency -
Stamp Act
Parliament authorizes the Stamp Act, a direct tax on paper products like newspapers, playing cards, legal documents -
Quartering Act of 1765
Required American colonies to provide room and board for British soldiers -
Stamp Act Congress meets
Gathering of 9 colonial representatives in New York City that sent a protest letter to Parliament denouncing the Stamp Act -
Townshend Acts
Parliament authorizes the Townshend Acts to place a tax on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea -
Boston Massacre
A confrontation between American colonists and British soldiers results in the soldiers opening fire, killing 5 Americans -
Tea Act
After most of the Townshend Acts are repealed, Parliament retains the tax on tea and grants a monopoly to the British East India Company to exclusively sell tea to the American colonies -
Boston Tea Party
For 3 hours, the Sons of Liberty carefully dump 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act -
Coercive Acts
the first of the "Intolerable Acts" is passed by Parliament to punish Boston for the "Tea Party" -
Quebec Act
Parliament authorizes the Quebec Act granting additional lands to the Canadian colony, lands west of the Appalachain Mountains -
First Continental Congress begins
The First Continental Congress begins in Philadelphia. They meet for about 6 weeks to support Boston and attempt to send another letter to King George III to calm down the situation; which does not work. -
Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech
Patrick Henry addresses Virginia's House of Burgesses to send representatives to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia in May. -
Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott Ride
While Paul Revere is the most remembered due to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, three men rode through the Boston countryside to warn that the British were marching to Concord, MA -
Battles of Lexington & Concord
The Revolutionary War begins as Massachusetts minutemen take up arms against the British Army and drive them back to Boston.
