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Causes of the American Revolution

Causes of the American Revolution. How could you say the American Revolution was “two revolutions?”. European Colonies in the New World. England, France, Holland, Portugal, Spain 1750’s: Only France (Canada) & England (East Coast) are left Frequent clashes over territory both in and out of US

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Causes of the American Revolution

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  1. Causes of the American Revolution How could you say the American Revolution was “two revolutions?”

  2. European Colonies in the New World • England, France, Holland, Portugal, Spain • 1750’s: Only France (Canada) & England (East Coast) are left • Frequent clashes over territory both in and out of US • France allies with Indian Tribes much more frequently

  3. French & Indian War (1754-1763) • Fought mainly over the Ohio Valley • British suffer early setbacks • Americans take note • War goes global in Caribbean, Pacific & India • 1756: England starts to turn the tide • George Washington captures Ft. Dusquene • France sues for peace • Treaty of Paris: • GB gets Canada & East of Miss. River • FR & SP lose West Indies & Florida • SP gets FR land West of Miss. River

  4. Big Problems • War was too expensive • Time to tax • Governing new lands is hard & expensive • Time to tax • Native Americans are pissed • GB try to stop US peeps move west: Proclamation of 1763 • American people want to expand • Resent Proclamation of 1763 • Relationship is changed forever: • Brits feel US is weaklings & backwoods • US sees Brits as pompous and beatable and need their help

  5. British are Stupid… • End of “Salutary Neglect” • Brits leave American economy alone • W/ FR gone, no need to worry about competition • Won’t enforce Navigation Laws and others • Post-War: • Sugar Act (1764) • Currency Act (1764) – US can’t print own $$ • Quartering Act (1765) – Provide for Brit Soldiers • Stamp Act (1765) – tax all printed materials • Declaratory Act (1766) – GB’s right to tax US • Townshend Acts (1767) – Tax all goods coming into US ports & suspend New York Assembly

  6. Boston Massacre • Massachusetts boycotts all British goods; tar & feather custom officials • British soldiers occupy Boston to keep order • March 5, 1770: 11 Bostonians killed • Americans enraged

  7. Final Straw • Tea Tax • British East India Company has a surplus of tea • Granted monopoly over US tea sales • Lowered prices but still resented • Dec 16, 1773: Boston Tea Party • England passes Intolerable Acts

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