Cause of the Revolution Flow Chart Year Event Description Effect on Colonies (Economic,Political, Social) -Led to heavy taxes

-Made the British have more control on the Colonial government Effect on England (Economic,Political, Social) The government was heavily in debt due to the war. -The government began to pay more attention to the colonies How it Led to the American Revolution. -It angered the colonists since their militia commanders were treated as less by the British Regulars' commanders -The colonists felt that they were being treated unequally even though they were British citizens. -The colonists were not allowed to use the land they earned from fighting and winning the French and Indian War. -They felt betrayed since they were denied access to the land that belonged to them. -The tax angered the colonists because they were being taxed unfairly and with out representation in Parliament.

1754

French and Indian War

7 Year War -British and Colonists Vs. The French and Native American

- fighting for control of -Made the colonists feel land like they were treated as less than the British.

1763

Proclamation of 1763

-Closed off the frontier to colonists seeking more land -Established to protect colonists from Native American threat

-It closed off land expansion to farmers and other people seeking more land -The government had no control of land they earned during the 7 Year War -The colonists were mad since they felt betrayed -Raised the cost of sugar -Taxed the colonists for something that they could buy for a cheaper price before -The colonists were angered by the tax since they had no voice against it Effect on Colonies (Economic,Political, Social)

-regaining their control on the colonies and strengthening it.

1764

Sugar Act

-Tax imposed on sugar imported into the colonies -Tax was imposed to prevent smuggling of sugar -First tax passed by Parliament that was imposed on the colonies. Description

-The tax was imposed to prevent smuggling of sugar in the colonies and to raise money for the debt they had from the7YearWar -First tax passed by Parliament that was in1posed on the colonies Effect on England (Economic,Political, Social)

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1765

Stamp Act

-Proposed by Grenville -It was imposed to raise funds for the military - tax on all printed goods and legal documents.

-raised the cost of all printed items in the colony -The colonial government had no control over the tax -The citizens coined the phrase "No taxation without representation" -Many families had to house soldiers that were providing unwanted protection of the colonies -The colonial government did not have control over this law as well -The colonists disliked this act as well

-The government barely made any money off of the tax -Parliament was forced to repeal the Stamp Act due to the protests and barely anyone paid it -only 4 of the taxed items were British imported. - did not have to spend too much money on supporting overs eas troops. -The government was able to have a stronger grip on the colonies

-It brought out extremist groups such as the Sons of Liberty and the Daughters of Liberty. -It showed that the colonists were willing to rebel against something they disliked

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Quartering Act

-Another law passed by Parliament -The colonists were required to house British Regulars and provide them with food and shelter.

-The colonists were also angered by the law since they were forced to house unwanted troops

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Declaratory Act

-A law passed after the repeal of the stamp act -It gave the British full control of the colonies.

-no more control of its colonies since British parliament had full control.

-given full control of the colonies, which allows them to do what they want with the colonies.

- angered the colonies since everything they set up, built, and controled was no longer theirs, but instead, everything was under British control.

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1767

Townshend Duties (Acts)

A tax proposed by "Champagne Charley Townshend" -It taxed several imported goods such as: glass, white lead , paper, paint , and tea

It was another tax imposed on the colonies -The taxes were used to pay the local British governors and judges.

thought that this was a very useful tax.

-The colonists rebelled against tax , showing their tenacity to revolt.

1770

Boston Massacre

-60 Bostonians taunted a squad of 10 British Regulars. -The Regulars fired on the citizens, 11 citizens were shot and some were killed.

-The colonists were enraged by the slaughter, -added more tension to the dislike of the government

-Only 2 soldiers were charged with manslaughter, the others were not charged.

-The British Regulars killed innocent civilians, and angered the colonists.

1773

Tea Act

-The British government granted the British East India Trading Co.complete monopoly of American Tea trade -Imposed a tax on tea

-pay more money for tea because of the tax -The Colonists boycotted the tea act

-did not earn any money on the tea since it was boycotted -The government lost a great amount of tea because of the angry colonists.

-The colonists thought the British were tricking them, which made the colonists even more mad, and made them go against the British government even more.

1773

Boston Tea Party

-100 Bostonians disguised as Native Americans opened up 342 chests of British tea and dumped it into the Bay

-The colonists all rallied against the Tea Acts and the British government.

-losing even more money -It joined together many because they lost the tea colonists and raised even more they were importing. tensions and the will to revolt against the British.

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1774

Coercive/ A set of acts -extremely unfair to the Bostonians, hence the Intolerable Acts imposed to punish the name Intolerable Acts colonists -The Boston Harbor was -Targeted towards Boston because of the closed off Boston Tea Party -Closed off the Boston Harbor -Included another Quartering act First Continental Congress -A response to the Intolerable Acts -12 of the l3 Colonies sent 55 representatives, including Samuel and John Adams, George Washington, and Patrick Henry -British Regulars were dispatched to seize Colonial gunpowder and arrest Samuel Adam, and Hancock -First battle of the American Revolution -More of a massacre at Lexington Description -united the colonies -John Adams strongly persuaded the colonists to revolt against the British -The First Continental Congress drew up the Declaration of Rights

-punished the colonists for the loss of the imported but unpaid tea.

-It took most of the rights of the colonists in Massachusetts away. -It greatly angered the colonists

1774

-British goods were completely boycotted by all of the colonists -The British Parliament rejected the petition made by the First Continental Congress

-It united the British colonists and paved the road to the American Revolution

1775

Battles of Lexington and Concord

-The colonists were able to save their gunpowder reserves -It completely divided the Colonial government from the British government -It energized the colonists into fighting against the British Effect on Colonies (Economic,Political, Social)

-Around 300 British casualties, and about 70 Regulars killed -The British government now has a war against their own colonies in America

-It was the first battle of the American Revolution -The Colonists won their first battle at Concord - showed that the British soldiers were no longer as threatening as they were How it Jed to the American Revolution.

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1775

Second Continental Congress

met once again 1 month after Lexington and Concord -They began to raise money for an army and navy -Appointed George Washington to lead

- chose Washington because he was a great leader -Some Americans distrusted the New England army in Boston

-It was once again, the Continental Congress going against their rule -The Second Continental Congress was preparing to fight a war against the British government.

-more official than the first -The shots had already been fired for the American Revolution, the Continental Congress decided on what to do, and who to lead the army

1776

Publication of Common Sense

-Written by Thomas Paine -It sold 120,000 Copies in a few months -The pamphlet -said why should the bigger country be ruled by the smaller one

-It sold an amazing amount and was very popular in the colonies -It gave the colonists more "common sense on their status against Britain,and how they should not be ruled by them. -fully separated the 13 Colonies from British rule. - now have their own government (Second Continental Congress at the moment) -Many colonists were ready to fight against the British.

-denounced the British government's rule of the colony.

-It gave the Colonists more ideas on why they should revolt against the British, and fight for their freedom

1776

Declaration of Independence

-formal separation from the British -Written by Thomas Jefferson - "all men are created equal"

- lost all control of their colonies in America (13 colonies) - a war against the Colonists

-formally separated the 13 Colonies from the British government, which is part of the American Revolution. -The colonists were ready to fight for their freedom against the British monarchs why still tries to rule the colonies