causes of American revolution

Proclamation of 1763

• Ends French and Indian War

• It created a monopoly on tea for the British East India Trading Company which drove the prices up.

•  Banned colonization west of Appalachian Mountains

• A protest against a tax the British government

The Quartering Act

• It created a monopoly on tea for the British East India Trading Company which drove the prices up.

• :A series of laws designed to punish the colonists. They banned all meetings and closed ports in Boston.

• This law forced colonists to house British soldiers.

• The law required all colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used.

The Intolerable  Act

• A series of laws designed to punish the colonists. They banned all meetings and closed ports in Boston.

• This law forced colonists to house British soldiers.

• Mob violence breaks out. Patriots started throwing rocks and snowballs at British troops. British fire on rioters, five die

• Banned colonization west of Appalachian Mountains

Boston Tea Party

• A protest against a tax the British government placed on imported tea. On Dec. 16, 1773, some colonists dressed as Indians boarded three ships and emptied chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

• A series of laws designed to punish the colonists. They banned all meetings and closed ports in Boston.

• This law forced colonists to house British soldiers.

• It created a monopoly on tea for the British East India Trading Company which drove the prices up.

The Tea Act

• A protest against a tax the British government placed on imported tea. On Dec. 16, 1773, some colonists dressed as Indians boarded three ships and emptied chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

• A series of laws designed to punish the colonists. They banned all meetings and closed ports in Boston.

• It created a monopoly on tea for the British East India Trading Company which drove the prices up.

• This law forced colonists to house British soldiers.

The Townshend Acts

• It created a monopoly on tea for the British East India Trading Company which drove the prices up.

• Acts passed again by Parliament to tax goods imported to America from Great Britain. This included paper, lead, glass, paint, and tea. Colonist could only by from Britain

• A protest against a tax the British government placed on imported tea. On Dec. 16, 1773, some colonists dressed as Indians boarded three ships and emptied chests of tea into Boston Harbor.

• A series of laws designed to punish the colonists. They banned all meetings and closed ports in Boston.

Stamp Act

• Acts passed again by Parliament to tax goods imported to America from Great Britain. This included paper, lead, glass, paint, and tea. Colonist could only by from Britain

• This law forced colonists to house British soldiers

• A series of laws designed to punish the colonists. They banned all meetings and closed ports in Boston

• The law required all colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used. 

  Wills, licenses, playing cards, newspapers, etc.

Crispus Attucks

• Was  African and Native American ancestry.

• British Solider

• American Commander

• American Governor

Sugar Act

• The law required all colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used. 

• Acts passed again by Parliament to tax goods imported to America from Great Britain.

• It created a monopoly on tea for the British East India Trading Company which drove the prices up.

• All sugar and molasses coming into the colonies would be taxed

Boston Massacre

• Mob violence breaks out. Patriots started throwing rocks and snowballs at British troops. British fire on rioters, five die

• A series of laws designed to punish the colonists. They banned all meetings and closed ports in Boston.

• Banned colonization west of Appalachian Mountains

• Ended the French and Indian War