Revolutionary war 1

Causes of the Revolutionary War

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    Causes of the Revolutionary War

  • Proclomation of 1763

    This was the Royal Proclomation of 1763. It was made by King George III following Great Britian's earning of French territory in North America.

  • Sugar Act of 1764

    The Sugar Act of 1764 was titled the American Revenue Act. It was a modiffied Act of the Sugar and Molasses Act of 1733.

  • The Currency Act of 1764

    The Currency Act effectinely assumed control of the colonial currency system.

  • Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliment ans was a tax act imposed on all American colonists. It required them to pay a tax on every peice of printed paper they used, including stamps.

  • British troops land in Boston

    This was the response to the Townshed Act.

  • Townshend Act appealed

    5 acts passed by the Parliament and they passed new taxes.

  • Boston Massacre

    The Redcoats fired on a threating mob.

  • Cutter Gaspee burning

    The Gaspee was a hated British revenue schooner. It was burned.

  • Intolerable and Coersive Acts

    This was the reaction to the Boston Tea Party.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Disquised American Indians boarded a British ship and threw the tea over, ruining it.

  • Battle of Lexington

    The was when the colonists prepared anf fought the British Army.

  • Olive Branch Petition attempt

    This was an attempt at peace.