2. Fill out the following graphic organizer- Causes American Revolution

3. Causes of the American Revolution

4. The French and Indian War was a conflict over territory in the New World  Albany Plan of the Union- Benjamin Franklin’s proposal for a confederation of colonies during the war but rejected by colonial legislatures  1 st call for unified colonies

6.  The French and Indian War ended giving England more land  Native Americans continued to attack colonist that settled the frontier  England issued the Proclamation of 1763  England had increasing debt after the war  British Debt = Increased Taxes in the Colonies

8.  After the French and Indian War, the English presence remained in the colonies  No more Salutary Neglect

9.  Sugar Act- raised taxes on sugar, wine and molasses  Colonial merchants complained but little action  Quartering Act- colonist must provide British troops with food and shelter  Colonist resist and dispute this act; form secret meetings

10.  Stamp Act- taxed all documents from newspapers, playing cards, to contracts; direct tax  Colonist protested, wrote letters, had debates, boycotted British goods

11.  Virginia Resolves- issued by Patrick Henry; “No taxation without representation”  Stamp Act Congress- First “elected congress” of the American colonies; decide colonists should be taxed only by Colonial Representatives

12.  Sons of Liberty- society formed to protect the rights of colonist and fight abuses of the British  Samuel Adams leader in Boston; Leads Boycotts  Stamp Act Repealed http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history/videos/sons-of-liberty

13.  Townshend Acts- another tax on glass, led, paint, paper, tea ▪ Colonists make the Non Importation Agreement- another boycott

14.  Small group of colonists protesting on the street; colonists throw rocks and snowballs at a group of British Redcoats  British open fire, killing 5  Word spreads due to Paul Revere’s Engraving of the event

16.  Tea Act- tax on tea; required the colonist to buy tea from certain companies  Colonist protest and organize the Boston Tea Party  The Boston Tea Party- Sons of Liberty dumped tea into the Boston Harbor dressed as Indians

19.  Intolerable Acts- designed to punish the colonist for the Boston Tea Party ▪ Closed Boston Harbor ▪ Restricted trial by jury ▪ Searches without warrants ▪ Quartering of troops without permission ▪ No town meetings ▪ Boston under Military Rule  The colonist organize the First Continental Congress; Colonies begin to unite