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Causes of the American Revolution Chronology

Causes of the American Revolution Chronology. Proclamation of 1763 – 1763 Quartering Act – 1765 Stamp Act – 1765 Townshend Act – 1767 Boston Massacre – 1770 Boston Tea Party – 1773 Intolerable Acts – 1774 First Continental Congress – 1774 Lexington & Concord - 1774.

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Causes of the American Revolution Chronology

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  1. Causes of the American Revolution Chronology • Proclamation of 1763 – 1763 • Quartering Act – 1765 • Stamp Act – 1765 • Townshend Act – 1767 • Boston Massacre – 1770 • Boston Tea Party – 1773 • Intolerable Acts – 1774 • First Continental Congress – 1774 • Lexington & Concord - 1774

  2. Causes of the American Revolution Perspectives

  3. Mercantilism • Colonies existed to benefit the mother country by providing raw materials to be manufactured into finished products which were then sold back to the colonies. • Colonies were limited to doing most business with the mother country regardless of whether or not it benefited them.

  4. Lack of Representation • Colonists didn’t feel like they were being represented fairly in Parliament (British version of Congress). • British government responded by saying that the colonists were represented by members of Parliament that had been elected by the people back in England.

  5. Taxes • Britain was in debt after fighting the French & Indian War and felt that the colonists should help pay off the debt. • Colonists felt like they were being asked to pay taxes in which they had no say in passing. (Remember – lack of representation in Parliament.)

  6. Proclamation of 1763 • Passed by the British government in order to keep the colonists & Native Americans separated to minimize fighting. • Colonists didn’t like being told where they could live and saw it as a sign that the British government was going to take even more control of the colonies

  7. Stamp Act - 1765 • Tax on paper products imported into the colonies • Colonists responded w/boycotts organized by the Sons & Daughters of Liberty • Colonists formed the Stamp Act Congress to demand the repeal of the tax. Parliament eventually repealed it.

  8. Boston Massacre - 1770 • Boston colonists harassed British troops by throwing snowballs & taunting them. • Soldiers opened fire killing five. Including Crispus Attucks (first African-American to be killed in the war)

  9. Boston Tea Party - 1773 • Parliament passed Tea Act giving British East India Company complete monopoly on tea in the colonies. • Sons of Liberty raided three British ships in Boston Harbor destroying 340 chests of tea.

  10. Intolerable Acts (AKA Coercive Acts) - 1774 • Passed in reaction to the Boston Tea Party to force colonists to pay for the tea & enforce British rule. • They: • Closed the port of Boston • Imposed military rule on all of Massachusetts • Suspended the Massachusetts legislature & town meetings • All the colonies rallied around Massachusetts • Men in the towns around Boston begin to organize and store arms (Minutemen)

  11. Taxes Colonists Patriots

  12. Representation Colonists Patriots

  13. Stamp Act Colonists Patriots

  14. Boston Massacre Colonists Patriots

  15. Boston Tea Party Colonists Patriots

  16. Intolerable Acts Colonists Patriots

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