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Causes of the American Revolution
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Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 was when King George III said that the colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains. He did not want to keep protecting them from the Indian attacks. The colonists were mad and thought that the king did not want them to expand and would not protect them. They moved west anyway. This made the Indians mad and lead to the outbreak of French and Indian war. -
End of the French and Indian War
[The French and Indian War](''http://msommer.edu.glogster.com/new-lit-french-and-indian-war/'') was between British soldiers and French colonists who went to war in 1754 over the Ohio River Valley. France originally controlled this region and profited from trading furs with Native Americans. Since the war cost so much Britain was in debt so they started taxing the colonies to pay for the war.This angered the colonies because the colonists thought that Britain was not being fair and they sent petitions to parliament. -
The Sugar Act
[The sugar act]('http://1287509.edu.glogster.com/the-sugar-act-of-1764/') was a tax on sugar and molasses. The colonists were angry and started protesting, "no taxation without representation." They boycotted taxed sugar and started smuggling goods. This tax made the colonists very angry at the British because they were being taxed by a government they had no say in. The colonists were starting to think about war. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act required special tax stamps for legal documents, newspapers, dice, cards, etc. From the colonists point of view, it was unfair for parliament to tax them since they had no representative in parliament. They boycotted more goods and sent petitions to the king, The colonists smuggled goods, and there was violence such as fighting. The colonist's anger grew towards the king. -
Quartering Act
[The Quartering Act]('http://www.glogster.com/jmb2011/the-quartering-act/g-6mh780qea5gl5oo7boaana0' ) forced colonists to house British soldiers stationed in the colonies. This was yet another violation of colonist's rights. They were outraged and refused to house the soldiers. This lead to violence which was an act toward war. -
Townshend Acts
[The Townshend Acts]('http://www.glogster.com/ilovepili/mariag-townshendacts/g-6ndu1g795n682rsq2g0l9a0?old_view=True') put a tax on imports like glass, paper, and tea. It allowed officers to use Writs of Assistance to search colonial ships for smuggled goods. Again, colonists were protesting. The colonists believed that the writs violated their rights. Then, the merchants signed non-importation agreements and more boycotts happened. The colonists kept getting angrie and tension was building. -
The Boston Massacre
[The Boston Massacre](''http://edu.glogster.com/glog.php?glog_id=18941936' ) resulted in the death of five colonists. The colonists were taunting the British soldiers and throwing things at them. One of the soldiers got scared and yelled fire. The soldiers fired into the crowd and killed five people and wounded one. This angered the colonists because the British soldiers had no reason to fire except for being scared. This increased anti-Britain feelings. -
The Tea Act
[The Tea Act]('http://s6w4ff2.edu.glogster.com/tea-act-glog/) allowed colonists to import British tea directly from the East India Trading Company. The tea was still taxed but was much cheaper. The colonists saw it as a trick to accept being taxed without representation in parliament. The colonists did not want to be taxed at all. They reacted with the Boston Tea Party. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was when the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, snuck onto British East India Co. ships and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. The Intolerable Acts were passed by the British as punishment. The colonists were now very angry at the king' causing more violence towards war. -
Coercive/Intolerable Acts
The intolerable acts were punishments of Massachusetts for the Boston tea party. The town meetings were banned and the Boston Harbor was closed down until the tea was paid for. Also there was a new quartering act. The colonists were outraged yet again and felt these punishments were to harsh, creating more violence towards war. The other colonies supported Massachusetts and held the First Continental Congress. -
The First Continental Congress
[The First Continental Congress]('http://www.kidport.com/reflib/usahistory/americanrevolution/firstcongress.htm#) was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the colonies. The Congess demanded the end of the intolerable acts and declared that the colonists had a right to tax and govern themselves. The British did not like this and the colonists then began to arm and form militia units called minutemen in preparation for war. -
Paul Revere's Ride
[Paul Revere's Ride]('''http://sabrams.edu.glogster.com/paul-revere-3rd-grade/'' ) was when the Sons of Liberty learned of the British plan to march to Concord and seize the weapons. Billy Dawes rode from Boston to Lexington warning that the British were coming. Paul Revere saw two lanterns lit in the Old North Church indicating that the British are coming by sea and then began his ride. Revere and Dawes were captured near Lexington after warning Sam Adams and John Hancock to escape. Revere's warning led to the Battle of Lexington and Concord. -
Lexington and Concord
The British military governor of Massachusetts sent out from Boston a detachment of about 700 regular troops to destroy military arms stored by the colonists in Concord. The day after Paul Revere and William Dawes were sent out with warnings, the detachment found a part of the minutemen company already assembled on the Lexington green and ordered them to go home. They refused and a shot rang out. Noboby knows who fired it, but it was the first shot of the American Revolution.
