1. Causes of the American Revolution!
Proclamation of 1773
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Tea Act
The Seven Years War
Stamp Act
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party

2. The Seven Years War
The Seven Years War was a war between Britain and The French/ Native Tribes. 1754– 1763
Cause: The colonists kept pushing the Indians west.
Effect: The British made the Proclamation of

3. Proclamation of 1763 King George
The Proclamation of was a law prohibiting the colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Cause: England was still in debt from the Seven Years War and didn't want to start another war.
Effect: The colonist still moved west anyway because owning land was important.
King George

4. Stamp Act
The Stamp Act 1765 was a tax on everything printed in the colonies.
These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, newspapers and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies.
Like previous taxes, the stamp tax had to be paid in valid British currency,
Cause: Britain needed money because they were in debt from the war so they taxed the colonists.
Effect: The colonists boycotted British goods. They also organized the Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty.

5. Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts of 1767, created by Charles Townshend, the chancellor of the Exchequer.
It was a tax to create revenue for Great Britain. The Revenue was used to pay the salaries of British soldiers, governors and judges .
The Townshend Acts also caused a tax for glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Cause: Britain still needed money, but they needed a way to tax the colonies “without offense.”
Effect: The colonists boycotted British goods again.

6. Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770, was a clash between British troops and a group of colonists in which five colonists were killed.
Cause: The colonists were frustrated with Britain and agitation grew. British troops were weary and concerned about the agitation and in an unfortunate event the British troops shot at some citizens protesting the British tax on the colonies
Effect: Colonial citizens were getting really fed up with the British rule of the thirteen colonies.

7. Tea Act
The Tea Act, May 10, 1773, was a tax on all imported tea from Britain.
Cause: The colonists boycott against British goods had hurt their trade, so the British repealed the Townshend Acts after the Boston Massacre. Parliament only kept the tea tax.
Effect: The Sons of Liberty organized a protest against the Tea Act known as the Boston Tea Party.

8. Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party, December 16, 1773, was a protest organized by the colonists against the British for their tea tax. All the colonists dressed up as Indians and snuck on-board the British ships in the harbor. Then they threw all the tea on the ships into Boston Harbor.
Cause: The colonists were upset by the Tea Act.
Effect: The Intolerable Acts were passed to keep the colonists under control.

9. Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts of 1774 were four strict laws that gave the
The Intolerable Acts, 1774, were four strict laws that gave the British a sense of more control over the colonies. First of all, they closed down the port of Boston until the colonists paidfor all of the tea they threw into Boston Harbor. Second, they forbade any meetings without the governor’s permission. Next, they made the colonists house and feed British troops. Finally, instead of British officials being tried for crimes in the colonies, they would be tried in Britain. Also, King George the third appointed General Thomas Gage the new governor of Massachusetts.
Cause: The Boston Tea
Party.
Effect: The colonists started
the Revolutionary War.

10. Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts of 1774 were four strict laws that gave the British a sense of more control over the colonies.
First – they closed down the port of Boston until the colonists paid for all the tea they destoryed.
Second – the colonists couldn’t hold political meetings without a governor’s permission.
Third – they made the colonists house and feed British troops
Finally, instead of British officials being tried for crimes in the colonies, they would get preferential treatment and be tried in Britain.

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