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What caused the American Revolution???

What caused the American Revolution???. Insert Picture. By Your Name. Great Britain 1770. Origin: Part of Roman Empire around 55 B.C. Unified around 1000 A.D. Great Britain formed around 1700 A.D. Population: 6,400,000 Size: 88,744 sq. miles

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What caused the American Revolution???

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  1. What caused the American Revolution??? Insert Picture By Your Name

  2. Great Britain 1770 • Origin: Part of Roman Empire around 55 B.C. Unified around 1000 A.D. Great Britain formed around 1700 A.D. • Population: 6,400,000 • Size: 88,744 sq. miles • Economy: Belief in mercantilism (trade with the colonies should profit the home country). Beginnings of industrialization • Military: Large professional army (10,000 solidiers in 13 colonies). Largest and most powerful navy in the word. • Tax Rate: approximately 20% picture picture “The sun never sets on the British Empire.”

  3. 13 Colonies 1770 • Origin: 13 colonies formed between years 1607 and 1732 • Population: 2,140,000 • Size: 360,000 sq. miles • Economy: exporting cash crops, timber production, fishing, trading with Great Britain. • Military: Amateur militia made up of volunteers from each town/colony. No Navy. • Tax Rate: approximately 2-5% depending on the colony picture picture

  4. Navigation ActsYear(s): 1650 – 1696p. 92-93 • Summarize Colonist Perspective: British Perspective:

  5. French and Indian WarYear(s): 1754 - 1763p. 95-96 • Summarize Colonist Perspective: British Perspective:

  6. Proclamation of 1763Year(s): 1763p. 97 • Summarize • How did the map of North America change after the French and Indian War? Colonist Perspective: British Perspective:

  7. Sugar and Stamp ActYear(s): 1764-1765p. 98-100 • Summarize Colonist Perspective: British Perspective:

  8. Townshend ActsYear(s): 1767p. 100 • Summarize Colonist Perspective: British Perspective:

  9. Boston MassacreYear(s): 1770p. 101 • Summarize Colonist Perspective: British Perspective: picture

  10. Boston Tea PartyYear(s): 1773p. 102 • Summarize Colonist Perspective: British Perspective:

  11. Intolerable ActsYear(s): 1774p. 102 - 103 • Summarize • Why did Great Britain pass the Intolerable Acts? Colonist Perspective: British Perspective:

  12. Shots Fired!Year(s): April – May 1775p. 114 - 115 • Battles of Lexington and Concord • Battle of Bunker Hill Colonist Perspective: British Perspective:

  13. 2nd Continental Congress Year(s): June 1776p. 119 • Summarize • How did the 2nd Continental Congress contribute to the “birth” or our country? Colonist Perspective: British Perspective:

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