2. Causes of the American Revolution

War between England & France for control of new land in North America.

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• French & Indian War

• War of 1812

Ended the French &Indian War, & France had to give up all land east of the Mississippi River.

• Westward Expansion

• Treaty of 1763

• Treaty of Versailles

• Cherokee Removal

Order from the King that prohibited American colonists from moving west of the Appalachian mountains.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Westward Prohibition

• The Segregation Acts

Tax on paper goods that Britain passed to raise money to pay for soldiers in America.

• Tea Acts

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Boston Acts

A Patriot organization formed to resist British laws & taxes. They led protests & boycotts.

• Daughters of Liberty

• The Loyalists

• Sons of Liberty

• The Original 13

A women’s group that made things to replace boycotted British goods.

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of the Confederacy

• Women's Suffrage

Laws passed by Parliament in England to restrict colonial rights.

• Intolerable Acts

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Stamps Acts

• Boston Tea Party

Secret letter writing group that organized resistance against the British, including the First Continental Congress.

• The Loyalists

• The Patriots

• Committee of Runaways

• Committees of Correspondence

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued that the American colonies should be an independent nation.

• The Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• Articles of Confederation