causes of the american revolution

End of French and Indian war

Feb 10, 1763

The French and Indian war ends with Britain victorious.The french lose all of their land in North America and led Britain to have war debt.

causes of the american revolution

Period: Feb 10, 1763 to Dec 31, 1775

The Proclamation of 1763

Oct 7, 1763

England banned all colonists from settling west from the appalachain mountians. This angered the colonists and the the proclomation was widely ignored.They felt they had a right to move into the land they fought for.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

[England](http:///www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm) taxed the colonies on sugar mollases and other things colonies imported. Colonists protested against the tax that they had no say in.To the colonists Britain had no right to tax them if they didnt have input on the matter.

Quartering Act

Mar 24, 1765

British soldiers were allowed to stay in any home they wanted and the colonists were forced to feed them. Many colonists refused to house soldiers and felt it was an invasion of privacy.

Stamp Act

Oct 19, 1765

[England](http:///www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm) taxed any document including diplomas contracts newspapers and playing cards. Colonists protested against this leading to it being repealed later.Much like the sugar act the colonists were very angry britain was taxing them when they couldnt vote on it.

Townshend Acts

Dec 9, 1767

England put a tax on any imports coming in to the colonys and the writs of assistance allowed british officials to search these ships for smuggled goods.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

Soldiers of Great Britain shoot an angry mob and killed 5 colonists. The colonists see this as a massacre on unarmed people. In reality the colonists were threatening soldiers and hitting the soldiers with sticks.This is due to paul reveres engraving which held many inaccuracies.This engraving was meant to create support for the revolution.

Tea Act

May 10, 1773

Britain taxed all tea and had a monopoly over the colonies then forced them to buy tea from them. The colonists were angered that they again had to pay a tax they had no say in the same way they were angered over the stamp and sugar acts. the colonists were fed up with this tax that evenually sparked the boston tea party.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

The colonies threw about 1 million dollars worth of tea overboard because of the tea act.Dressed as mohawks they went onto the ships and dumped the tea causing the intolerable acts by Britain.

Intolerable Acts

Mar 24, 1774

Britain closed boston harbor until the tea was paid for and banned town meetings. Strengthened the Quartering act and moved trials to england so the trials would be much more biased.these are the acts that sparked war between the colonys and Great Britain.

First Continental Congress

Dec 15, 1774

all the colonies exept for georgia met in philidelphia to discuss the intolerable acts and what should be done. they decided to not pay for the tea smuggle weapons into the colonys and to train militias.

Paul Revere's Ride

Apr 18, 1775

Paul Revere rode his horsey around massachesetts and yelled "the regulars are coming" to wake and warn everbody that the british were coming so the minutemen would be ready to fight when the british arraved there.

The battle of Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

a.k.a "The shot heard 'round the world" this was the start of the Revolutionary war!! At concord the rebels drove the british away after they tried to seize smuggled weapons.