1. Causes of the Revolutionary War
Section I

2. Proclamation of 1763
a. Said: colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains and all settlers had to leave the Ohio River Valley.
b. Reason: King George didn’t want to have to pay for any more fights with the Indians
c. Colonists reaction:
ignored it and settled
there anyway

3. To enforce the Proclamation

4. 2. Quartering Act- 1765
Said: colonists had to house and feed English soldiers
N.Y.’s reaction: NY’s assembly refused to house the troops

5. To pay for the war and soldiers

6. 3. Sugar Act- 1764 A. Tax on: sugar and Molasses
B. Reaction of colonist leader James Otis: It’s not fair to tax us without asking us. “Taxation without representation is tyranny”

7. Stamp Act- 1765
A. Said: all legal and commercial document had to have a stamp that showed a tax was paid
B. Reaction of colonists at the Stamp Act Congress: boycott English goods, petition the King- said only the colonies can tax the colonies

8. Stamp Act Continued
C. Reaction of the secret society, The Sons of Liberty: protested, burned stamps, attacked tax collectors
D. In 1766 Parliament: repealed the Stamp Act

9. We thought we had won and the King would let us have representation

10. Declaratory Act- 1766
A. Said: Parliament had supreme authority over the colonies
B. Colonist's reaction: “We’ll worry about it when they do something”