American Revolution

This war caused Great Britian to go into debt.

• French and Indian War

• Civil War

• 30 Years War

The Proclamation Line of 1763 said that

• The colonists could not move north of the Rocky Moutains.

• The colonists could not move East of the Mississippi

• The colonists could not move west of the Appalachain Mountains

The colonists were taxed by the British to

• punish them for the French and Indian War

• pay off the debt from the French and Indian War

• pay for the French soldiers to leave the area

The Quartering Act forced the colonists to

• House British soldiers in their homes

• pay taxes to the soldiers

• buy quarters

• Purchase a stamp for any paper product

This Act forced the colonists to pay a tax (by buying a stamp) for paper products such as wills, newspapers, playing cards.

• Townshend Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• The Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

The Boston Tea Party occured because the colonists were angry about

• The Suagr Act

• The Tea Act

• The Quartering Act

• The Intolerable Acts

To protest the British taxing goods that the colonists wanted to buy, they decided to BOYCOTT. What does this mean?

• They threw all of the tea into the river.

• They made their own government

• They made their own tea from raspberry leaves

• They refused to buy British goods

This was the first battle of the American Revolution.

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The Battle of Saratoga

• The Battle of Brooklyn

This was the last battle of the American Revolution.

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The Battle of Saratoga

• The Battle of Brooklyn

This battle convinced the French that the Americans could ACTUALLY beat the British. After this battle. they joined the American Revolution on the side of the Americans.

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The Battle of Saratoga

• The Battle of Brooklyn