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Causes of the American Revolution
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End of French and Indian War
Before the French and Indian War, Britain owned the 13 Colonies and parts of Canada. After fighting with the French in the war, France lost almost all land in America, while Britain and the Spanish gained more land. They were originally fighting for the Ohio River Valley. Spain gains French land west of the Mississippi River, while Britain gains Florida from Spain and French land east of the Mississippi River. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III said colonists could not move west of the Mississippi River. He did not want to have to keep protecting them from Indian Attacks. The Colonists felt angry because he was their king, and he wasn’t protection them, They ignored his Proclamation and moved west anyways. -
Surgar Act
The Sugar Act taxed on sugar and molasses. The colonists felt that it should be “No Taxation without Representation” because it was unfair to tax them without a representative. They boycotted taxed sugar, and smuggled it. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act required special taxes for stamps, legal documents, newspapers, dice, cards, and such. The colonists felt it was unfair of parliament to tax colonists because they have no representative in parliament. They boycotted, sent petitions to the King, smuggled, and used violence. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act forced colonists to house British soldiers stationed in the colonies. The colonists were outraged and thought it was a violation of their rights, so they refused and used violence toward the soldiers. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Act taxed on imports like glass, paper, and tea. It allowed officers to use Writs of Assistance to search colonial ships for smuggled goods. The colonists thought it was unfair and the writs violated their rights. Merchants began to sign Non-Importation Agreements, and boycotted. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a fight between the British Colonists and the British soldiers. The British soldiers fired on accident and killed five colonists. It was unnecessary to shoot. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, to sneak onto the British East India Co. ships and dumped all the tea over board into the Boston Harbor. After that, the First Continental Congress met. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act allowed colonists to import British tea directly from India. The tax on tea became much cheaper. The colonist saw it as a trick to accept being taxed without a representative. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were passed right after the Boston Tea Party as a punishment of Massachusetts. They banned town meetings, closed the Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for, and new quartering acts came. The colonists were outraged and felt these punishments were way too harsh. The other colonists supported Massachusetts and they held the first Continental Congress. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of representatives from 12 or 13 colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in September 1774. They discussed how to respond to the Intolerable Acts and demanded a repeal. -
Paul Revere's Ride
Paul Revere’s Ride was the telling of people that they British were coming to the colonies after the colonists. Many think it was Paul Revere who told the colonist, but it wasn’t. Revere never actually made it to Concord, Massachusetts, although Sam Prescott and Billy Dawes did, who told the colonists. This broke out into the Revolutionary War. -
Lexington and Concord
The fight at Lexington was the first shot of the Revolutionary War on April 19, in Massachusetts, which broke out a massive war. The next day, the war continued in Concord, Massachusetts
