Causes of the American Revolution

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Proclamation of 1763

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Did not allow colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains

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Sugar Act of 1764

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A Tax on sugar based products that the colonists had to pay England for

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Quartering Act 1765

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This act made colonists give soldiers supplies and housing

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Stamp Act 1765

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Tax on all printed materials such as: newspapers, pamphlets, wills, playing cards, etc

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Declaratory Act - March 1766

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Stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies “in all cases”

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Townshend Acts 1767

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Taxes on imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper

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Boston Massacre

March 5, 1770

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Protesting colonists were fired upon by British soldiers. 5 people died.

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Tea Act - May 1773

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Parliament passed the Tea Act in an attempt to save the British East India Company from going bankrupt

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Boston Tea Party

December 16, 1773

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Sons of Liberty (dressed as Native Americans) boarded the ships and threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

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Intolerable Acts of 1774

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New British laws that made colonists pay for the tea they destroyed, kept them from having meetings, and allowed more soldiers to stay in the colonists' homes