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French and Indian War Ends
Cause- Treaty of Paris
Effect- American Revolution -
Navigation Act
Cause- Increased colonial revenue by trading goods from British colonies
Effect- Caused the American Revolution -
Stamp Act
Cause- Raised funds to pay off debts from the Seven Years’ War
Effect- Imposed direct tax on the colonists -
Boston Massacre
Cause- Colonists still are angry about events
Effect- Colonists threw snowballs with rocks at soldiers -
Tea Act
Cause- Colonists boycotted against British goods affected their trade
Effect- Protested against tea act which became Boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
Cause- colonists didn’t want taxed tea
Effect- dumped all the tea into the Boston harbor -
Coercive/ Intolerable Acts
Cause- Boston Tea Party
Effect- angered colonists -
Lexington and Concord
Cause- suppress the possibility of rebellion by seizing weapons from colonists
Effect- ‘shot heard around the world’ mocked the start of the American War of Independence -
Declaration of Independence Adopted
Cause- Thomas Paines common sense book
Effect- motivated people to want independence by declaring themselves an independent nation -
Battle of Saratoga
Cause- When troops attempted to side with Americans
Effect- It lifted American spirits ended the treat in New England by the British -
Winter at Valley Forge
Cause- Food and money shortages
Effect- a good amount of soldiers died from disease -
Battle of Yorktown
Cause- To provide a protected harbor for the British in the Chesapeake Bay
Effect- Started the new independence/ended victory for Americans/Britain -
U.S Constitution Written
Cause- failure of the previous system of government
Effect- Production of three equal branches legislative, executive, and judicial -
U.S Constitution Adopted
Cause- States could and did ignore laws passed by the Congress
Effect- New constitution required states to treat citizens of other states the same as they treat their own citizens