Causes Of The American Revolution

  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    King Georg III told colonists that they could not settle anywhere beyond the Appalachian mountains so that they could avoid further conflict with the Native Americans.
  • The Sugar Act

    The Sugar Act was a raise on the sugar taxes by Parliament.
  • The Stamp Act

    The Stamp Act
    An act was put I pace to make colonists buy a stamp for every paper good they bought. This was put in place to help pay off the debt England had accrued by helping the colonies with the French and Indian War.
  • The Quartering Act

    The Quartering Act
    The Quartering Act as an act that forced colonists to allow English troops to live I their homes and eat their food.
  • The Townshend Act

    The Townshend Act
    The Townshend Act was created by Charles Townshend, and put taxes on tea, glass, paper, paint and lead.
  • The Boston Massacre

    The Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was a fight between colonists and English troops that ended when the troops opened fired killing five colonists.
  • The Tea Act

    The Tea Act
    When Parliament reapealed the Townshend act they still kept the tax on the in form of the tea act.
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    Arguably the most famous on this timeline. The Boston Tea Party was when 50 colonists dressed up as Mohawk Native Americans and threw nighty-thousand pouds of Englih tea into the harbor.
  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts did a many things first it shut down Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the tea dumped, second it canceld Massachusetts charter, third it returned the troops who caused th Boston massacre back to England, fourth and finally they also put General Thomas Gage.
  • The Battles at Lexington and Concord

    After the British found out that the colonists had stored gunpowder and weapons they organized a surprise attack. However Paul Revere and William Dawes got word of it and warned the colonists.