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Brain Pop Causes Am Rev

The document summarizes key causes and events that led to the American Revolution, including Britain passing various taxes on the colonies such as the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts without colonial representation. This caused protests by groups like the Sons of Liberty and intensified tensions, culminating in the Boston Tea Party and Britain's Intolerable Acts in response, which prompted the start of armed conflict at Lexington and Concord. Key figures involved included King George III of Britain, Parliament, Samuel Adams, and protest groups like the Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty.

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Brain Pop Causes Am Rev

The document summarizes key causes and events that led to the American Revolution, including Britain passing various taxes on the colonies such as the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts without colonial representation. This caused protests by groups like the Sons of Liberty and intensified tensions, culminating in the Boston Tea Party and Britain's Intolerable Acts in response, which prompted the start of armed conflict at Lexington and Concord. Key figures involved included King George III of Britain, Parliament, Samuel Adams, and protest groups like the Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty.

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NAME: ________________________________________ DATE: __________________ CLASS: _______

CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BRAINPOP

CAUSE/EVENT EFFECT
1764-THE SUGAR ACT IS PASSED

1765-THE QUARTERING ACT & THE STAMP


ACT ARE PASSED

SAM ADAMS FORMED THE SONS OF


LIBERTY

1766 THE BRITISH REPEALED THE STAMP


ACT BUT THEN PASSED THE TOWNSHEND
ACTS IN 1767-IMPORTED GOODS WERE
TAXED (GLASS, PAPER, LEAD, TEA) AND
BRITISH OFFICIALS COULD SEARCH
HOMES & BUSINESSES FOR SMUGGLED
GOODS
TENSIONS GREW—1770 THE BOSTON
MASSACRE
1773 THE BRITISH PASS THE TEA ACT—
ALL TEA HAD TO BE PURCHASED FROM
BRITAIN

1773 AFTER THE BOSTON TEA PARTY,


KING GEORGE III KNEW HE COULDN’T
BACK DOWN

1774-THE INTOLERABLE ACTS CALLED


FOR A NAVAL BLOCKADE OF BOSTON
HARBOR UNTIL THE LOST TEA WAS PAID
FOR AND BANNED COMMITTEES OF
CORRESPONDENCE-WHICH WAS GROUPS
OF COLONISTS PASSING NOTES ABOUT
POLITICS
FIGHTING BROKE OUT AT CONCORD AND
LEXINGTON

PEOPLE TO KNOW SIGNIFICANCE


KING GEORGE III

PARLIAMENT

SAMUEL ADAMS

SONS OF LIBERTY

DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY
ANSWERS---ANSWERS---ANSWERS---ANSWERS--- ANSWERS---ANSWERS---ANSWERS---ANSWERS

CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BRAINPOP

CAUSE/EVENT EFFECT
1764-THE SUGAR ACT IS PASSED JAMES OTIS COINS THE PHRASE,
“TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION”
WHICH BECOMES THE COLONISTS’ BATTLE
CRY
1765-THE QUARTERING ACT & THE STAMP COLONISTS PROTEST & ORGANIZE THE
ACT ARE PASSED STAMP ACT CONGRESS TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT THEY SHOULD DO ABOUT THESE
ACTS BEING PASSED
SAM ADAMS FORMED THE SONS OF THE SONS OF LIBERTY BURNED STAMPED
LIBERTY MATERIAL, TARRED & FEATHERED
OFFICIALS & BOYCOTTED BRITISH GOODS
1766 THE BRITISH REPEALED THE STAMP COLONISTS WERE MAD-THEY BOYCOTTED
ACT BUT THEN PASSED THE TOWNSHEND AND PROTESTED—THE DAUGHTERS OF
ACTS IN 1767-IMPORTED GOODS WERE LIBERTY MADE THINGS THAT THEY USED
TAXED (GLASS, PAPER, LEAD, TEA) AND TO BUY FROM THE BRITISH
BRITISH OFFICIALS COULD SEARCH
HOMES & BUSINESSES FOR SMUGGLED
GOODS
TENSIONS GREW—1770 THE BOSTON BRITISH TROOPS OPEN FIRE ON UNARMED
MASSACRE COLONISTS-5 KILLED---1770 THE BRITISH
REPEALED THE TOWNSHEND ACTS
1773 THE BRITISH PASS THE TEA ACT— 12/16/1773-THE COLONISTS DRESS AS
ALL TEA HAD TO BE PURCHASED FROM INDIANS, THROW TEA OVERBOARD IN
BRITAIN PROTEST OF THE TAX = THE BOSTON TEA
PARTY
1773 AFTER THE BOSTON TEA PARTY, THE COERCIVE ACTS WERE PASSED (ALSO
KING GEORGE III KNEW HE COULDN’T CALLED THE INTOLERABLE ACTS)
BACK DOWN
1774-THE INTOLERABLE ACTS CALLED ALL COLONIES EXCEPT FOR GEORGIA MET
FOR A NAVAL BLOCKADE OF BOSTON AT THE 1ST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS-
HARBOR UNTIL THE LOST TEA WAS PAID THEY DECIDED TO BAN ALL TRADE UNTIL
FOR AND BANNED COMMITTEES OF THE ACTS WERE REPEALED & CALLED FOR
CORRESPONDENCE-WHICH WAS GROUPS FORMING AND TRAINING ARMIES
OF COLONISTS PASSING NOTES ABOUT
POLITICS
FIGHTING BROKE OUT AT CONCORD AND 4/19/1776—THE BEGINNING OF THE
LEXINGTON AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PEOPLE TO KNOW SIGNIFICANCE
KING GEORGE III KING OF ENGLAND (BRITAIN)—RULED THE 13 COLONIES,
DIDN’T ALLOW THE COLONISTS TO REPRESENT
THEMSELVES
PARLIAMENT BRITAIN’S CONGRESS-COULD PASS LAWS THE COLONISTS
WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW EVEN THOUGH THEY COULDN’T
VOTE
SAMUEL ADAMS FORMED THE SONS OF LIBERTY
SONS OF LIBERTY A ROUGH GROUP OF PROTESTERS, THEY BURNED STAMPED
PRODUCTS AND TARRED AND FEATHERED BRITISH
OFFICIALS
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY A GROUP OF FEMALE COLONISTS WHO MADE THEIR OWN
PRODUCTS RATHER THAN BUY THEM FROM THE BRITISH
(THIS WAS THEIR FORM OF PROTEST)

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