11/3: chain of events: causes of the revolution 14 the french and indian war caused britain to tax...
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CHAIN OF EVENTS: CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
11/3: Chain of Events: Causes of the Revolution 14
The French and Indian War
caused Britain to tax the colonists more and limit
expansion
Proclamation of 1763: GB
wanted to end fighting so
they limited westward
growth. Made people angry!
Etc….
CHAIN LINK #1: FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
French and Indian War-
• Between French and British in N. America
(1745-1763)• Britain won; France
lost all land in N. America
CHAIN LINK #2: PROCLAMATION OF 1763
Proclamation of 1763
• Britain said no more moving west of the Appalachian Mtns • Speculators
(investors) who had bought land there
were furious
CHAIN LINK #3: BRITAIN WANTS TO REDUCE ITS DEBT
Britain wants to get rid of debt from F&I War:1.Sugar Act (1764): law
that put a tax on molasses
2.Stamp Act (1765): tax on all printed goods
(newspapers, wills, playing cards etc.
needed to be stamped by the British)
CHAIN LINK #4: BURNED IN EFFIGY
• Colonists were ANGRY about Stamp
Act!• “No Taxation
Without Representation!!”• Protestors burned
unpopular tax collectors in effigy
CHAIN LINK #5: ACT REPEALED…?
Stamp Act Repealed
• 1766: British Parliament
repealed Stamp Act
• Colonists happy!! But...
CHAIN LINK #7: DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY
Daughters of Liberty• Colonists boycott
imported goods• Women created the
“Daughters of Liberty-” urged
people to use and wear only American-
made things
CHAIN LINK #8: BOSTON MASSACRE
Boston Massacre• Scuffle between
colonists and British soldiers
leaves 5 colonists dead, including Crispus Attucks• Colonists FURIOUS!!
CHAIN LINK #9: GROWTH OF PROPAGANDA
Propaganda-information used to influence opinion• Bostonians used
massacre to increase anti-
British feelings
CHAIN LINK #10: COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE
Committee of Correspondence- created by colonists to help get info out about the colonists’
grievances, or problems, with
Britain
CHAIN LINK #11: BOSTON TEA PARTY
Boston Tea PartyTo protest Tea Act (1773), colonists,
dressed as Mohawks, dumped 342 chests of tea
into the water
CHAIN LINK #12: INTOLERABLE ACTS
Intolerable Acts• King George III punished Boston
• 1774-Coercive Acts- closed Harbor,
banned town mtgs, and forced colonists
to keep British soldiers in their
houses (Quartering)
CHAIN LINK #13: CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Continental Congress
• 1774-colonists met in
Philadelphia, PA to create a
political body to challenge British
control