Causes of the American Revolution

1. French and Indian War

2. Proclamation Of 1763

3. No Taxation without Representation

4. Sugar Act

5. Stamp Act

6. Townshend Act

7. Quartering Act

8. Boston Massacre

9. Tea Act

10. Boston Tea Party

11. Intolerable Act

12. 1st Continental Congress

13. Lexington and Concord

French and Indian war

• Because England fought this war to help protect the colonies England went into debt (to owe money)

No Taxation Without Representation

The colonists were being taxed by the King and Parliament without any say or input intoThe decisions being made!

John Hancock John Adams Sam Adams

Sugar Act

• This act taxed sugar, molasses and coffee

Tax

The colonists were upset because they had now say in how the colonies were being run! They came up with a catch phrase or slogan.

This catch phrase or slogan was:

“No Taxation without Representation”

Stamp Act

• This taxed legal documents, newspapers, printed materials, playing cards, and dice

Declaratory Act

• This was a statement of power. It said that England had the power to tax the colonies whenever they wanted!

Townshend Act

This act taxed items needed for every day life in the colonies NOT made in

the colonies.

I.E.- lead, paint, paper, and glass

Quartering Act

This act said that the colonists had to provide housing, candlesbedding, and beverages for the British soldiers.

Boston Massacre

Five colonists were killed here. An African American sailor, Crispus Attucks, was one of the five civilians killed here!

Tea Act

This act taxed tea, but more importantly, formeda monopoly for the British East India Company

Monopoly- To control all the sales of a certain product

Boston Tea Party

Colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and threw crates of tea into the Boston Harbor in retaliation for the Tea Act. They were led by Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty!

Intolerable ActEngland blockaded and closed the port of Bostonuntil the colonists paid for the tea that they threw into the Harbor. They did this in retaliation forthe Boston Tea Party.

The First Continental Congress

– In September 1774, 56 delegates from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania State House

– They decided they would:• Continue to boycott• Colonial militias needed to prepare to fight• Created and sent the Declaration of Rights• Agreed to meet in May 1775

LexingtonA small village outside of Boston. The first shots of the Revolution were fired there. This is where 8 colonists were killed on the “Green”. No British soldierswere killed here.

ConcordA small village a few miles past Lexington.This is where the first British soldier was killed at the “North Bridge.” This act is known as “The Shot Heard Round the World.”

Duty- A tax on imported goods

Repeal - To end or take back

Boycott-

When people refuse to buy certain goods

Crispus Attucks-

An African American sailor who was one of the five civilians killed at the Boston Massacre

Know It Notes

Know it notes-continuedMilitia-Regulars in the Continental Army

Minutemen- Farmers who would be ready to fight a battle in a moment’s notice

Propaganda- Information giving only one side of an argument

Lexington- A small village outside of Boston. This is where 8 colonists were killed in the first battle of the Revolutionary War.

A small village a few miles Down the road from Lexington. This is where the first British soldier waskilled a the North Bridge

Concord-

The news of the revolution in the colonies spread quickly. At the North bridge in Concord where the first British soldierWas killed became known as:

“The Shot Heard Round the World”

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