1. Causes of the American Revolution

2. The 13 American Colonies are under control of England’s
King George III

3. 1763- The French-Indian War Ends
Opening up land west of the Appalachians
to the American Colonists.

4. The
Proclamation
Line
Of 1763
Forbids
Colonial
expansion
West of the
Appalachian
Mts.

5. 1764- To raise much needed income,
the British pass the first direct tax
upon the colonists called the Sugar Act.

6. Angry colonist protest and boycott
English made goods.

7. 1765- Sam Adams forms the “Sons of Liberty”
to protest British treatment of the Colonies.

8. The colonist’s battle cry becomes,
“No taxation without representation.”
John Hancock
The Americans have no members in the British
Parliament.

9. 1768 British troops began Arriving in Boston
to suppress the colonists protests

10. 1770- The Boston Massacre
5 unarmed civilians are killed by British troops.

11. 1773- Parliament imposes a tax on
tea sold to the colonists.
Some British tax officials get
tarred and feathered.

12. The “Sons’ of Liberty” throw a “Boston Tea Party.”
December 1773
The “Sons’ of Liberty” throw a
“Boston Tea Party.”

13. In response, the British pass the
Coercive or Intolerable Acts:
Port of Boston closed until
tea is paid for.
2. Massachusetts becomes a royal colony
under direct control of the King.
3. Quartering Act enforced-
British soldiers allowed to stay in
colonist homes.

14. The Midnight Ride of
Paul Revere- April 18-19th
1775. Revere rides to warn
Adams and Hancock the
British are coming to
arrest them.
“The British are
Coming.”

15. April 19th, 1775 –The Battle of Lexington, Mass.
The “Shot heard ‘round the world.”