Causes of the American Revolution

Date

Event

Details
Barred (banned) westward settlement
on Indian lands and, in turn, protected
the colonists from invading Indians

1763

Proclamation of
1763

They thought that it was UNFAIR Many colonial charters

included land west of the Proclamation line.
Colonists did not want a standing army during peace time.

Sugar Act

Taxed sugar and molasses to produce

revenue for Britain.

No Taxation without Representation is tyranny

Trials without juries is tyranny

Sons (daughters) of Liberty was organizedgroup of patriots

that persuaded through intimidation.
Virginia Resolvesdenied Parliaments right to tax Virginia.
Stamp Act Congress9 Colonies sent delegates to New York
to protest. They agreed to boycott all British goods.

1764

Stamp Act

Required revenue stamps for all

publications and official documents.

1765

Quartering Act

Required the colonists to quarter

(house and feed) British troops in
America.

1767

Townshend Act

1. revenue duties on tea, glass, lead,

paper, and paints
2. strict trade enforcements

1767

Writs of
Assistance

A legal document that allowed British

officers to enter colonial homes and
businesses to search for smuggled
goods. Without giving any reason for
the search

1768
to
1770

British Troops
arrive and
Townshend Duties
repealed (except
on tea)

The Townshend Acts were very

unpopular with the colonists, who
criticized the Acts and demonstrated in
protest. The colonists decided to once
again boycott all English items.

1765

Results

Colonists felt imposed upon and resentful that they had to

board soldiers.

Colonists felt that external taxes to regulate trade were illegal.

Colonists began to boycott (refused to buy) British goods.

Colonists felt that the Writs of Assistance violated their

English rights to privacy of home.
Not fair to have homes and businesses searched without just
reason.

4,000 were assigned to Boston to ensure orderly customs

collections
The tea duty was kept to show that Parliament and King
George III were still boss.

Causes of the American Revolution

Date

Event

Details

March
5, 1770

Boston
Massacre

A clash between British soldiers and

Boston colonists, in which 5 colonists,
including Crispus Attucks were killed.

Parliament tried to bail out the East

India Tea Company (a British Tea
Company) by giving it a monopoly of
the American market.

The Boston Tea Party 60 Bostonians disguised as Mohawk

Indians (believed to be Sons of Liberty, led by Sam Adams)
boarded 3 tea ships in the Boston Harbor and threw 342 chests of
tea from the East India Tea Company overboard.

1773

1774

Tea Act

Coercive Acts
(Intolerable
Acts)

King George and Parliament decided

to teach the colonists a lesson by
punishing Massachusetts for the
Boston Tea Party through 4 acts:
1. closed Bostons port
2. deprived Massachusetts of selfgovernment
3. allowed British officials to be
tried in England
4. issued a stronger Quartering Act

Results
John Adams defended the redcoats (British soldiers).
The Committees of Correspondence were organized to spread
word of any new British aggression throughout the colonies.

First Continental Congress A meeting of delegates in 1774 from

all the colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial rights, support
Massachusetts, and blast the Intolerable Acts as tyrannical.
The results:
1. An Association, pledged to boycott British trade.
2. Adoption of Suffolk Resolves
o declaring the Coercive Acts unconstitutional
o urging Massachusetts to form its own government
o collect its own taxes and to form and arm a militia
3. A Declaration of Rights and Grievances, declaring that
their rights as Englishmen had been violated.

Minutemen formed under John Hancock. They were colonists ready to fight at a moments notice.
Militia citizens that serve as soldiers
Patriots Colonists that opposed British policy.
Loyalists Colonists that remained loyal to Britain.
Patrick Henry Patriot and fiery orator that encouraged Virginia House of Burgess to act with famous, Give me Liberty, or give me death!
Paul Revere Member of the Sons of Liberty sent to warn colonists that the British were coming.
Lexington/Concord First battles of the RevolutionThe Shot Heard Around the World
Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to set up Continental Armyappointed George Washington as leader of the Continental Army.
Battle of Bunker Hill important to the colonistsproved they could hold their own against Britain.
Olive Branch Petition Congress sent King George III petition asking for peaceking refused.
Common Sense Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet in support of independence from Britain. It was written for the common man.
Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress July 4, 1776. Had three main ideas;
individual rights, list of grievances, and independence of the coloniesUnited States of America.

Causes of the American Revolution

Date

1768
to
1770

Event

Details

Proclamation of
1763

Barred (banned) westward settlement

on __________ lands and, in turn,
_______________ the colonists from
invading Indians

Sugar Act

Taxed __________ and molasses to

produce revenue for ____________.

Stamp Act

Required revenue ___________ for all

publications and official documents.

Quartering Act

Required the colonists to __________

(house and feed) British troops in
America.

Townshend Act

1. revenue duties on tea, glass,

lead, paper, and paints
2. strict _________ enforcements

Results
-

They thought that it was __________ Many colonial charters

included land west of the Proclamation line.
Colonists did not want a standing army during peace time.

No Taxation _____________ Representation is tyranny

Trials without juries is tyranny

Sons (daughters) of Liberty was organizedgroup of

__________ that persuaded through _______________.
Virginia Resolvesdenied Parliaments right to tax Virginia.
Stamp Act Congress9 Colonies sent delegates to New York to
protest. They agreed to ___________ all British goods.

Colonists felt __________ upon and resentful that they had to

board soldiers.

Colonists felt that external taxes to regulate trade were

_________.
Colonists began to __________ (refused to buy) British goods.

Writs of
Assistance

A ______ document that allowed

British officers to enter colonial homes
and businesses to _______ for
smuggled goods. _________ giving
any reason for the search

Colonists felt that the Writs of Assistance __________ their

English ___________ to ___________ of home.

Not ______ to have homes and businesses searched without just

reason.

British Troops
arrive and
Townshend Duties
repealed (except
on tea)

The Townshend Acts were very

unpopular with the colonists, who
criticized the Acts and demonstrated in
_________. The colonists decided to
once again boycott all English items.

______ were assigned to Boston to ensure orderly customs

collections
The _____ _______ was kept to show that Parliament and King
George III were still boss.

Date

Event
Boston Massacre

Details
A clash between British soldiers and
Boston colonists, in which ___
colonists, including Crispus Attucks
were killed.

Tea Act

Parliament tried to bail out the East

India Tea Company (a British Tea
Company) by giving it a __________
of the American market.

The __________ _____ __________ 60 Bostonians disguised as

Mohawk Indians (believed to be Sons of Liberty, led by Sam
Adams) boarded 3 tea ships in the Boston Harbor and threw ______
chests of tea from the East India Tea Company overboard.

Coercive Acts
(Intolerable Acts)

King George and Parliament decided

to teach the colonists a lesson by
____________ Massachusetts for the
Boston Tea Party through 4 acts:
1. _________ Bostons port
2. deprived Massachusetts of selfgovernment
3. allowed British officials to be
tried in __________
4. issued a __________
Quartering Act

_______ ____________ __________ A meeting of delegates in

1774 from all the colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial rights,
support Massachusetts, and blast the Intolerable Acts as
____________.
The results:
1. An Association, pledged to ___________ British trade.
2. Adoption of Suffolk Resolves
o declaring the Coercive Acts _______________
o urging Massachusetts to form its _____ _____________
o collect its own taxes and to ______ and ______ a militia
3. A _______________ of Rights and Grievances, declaring
that their rights as Englishmen had been violated.

Results
_______ ________ defended the redcoats (British soldiers).
The ______________ ___ _______________ were organized to
spread word of any new British aggression throughout the
colonies.

Minutemen formed under John Hancock. They were colonists ready to ________ at a moments notice.
Militia citizens that serve as ________
Patriots Colonists that __________ British policy.
Loyalists Colonists that remained ________ to Britain.
Patrick Henry Patriot and fiery orator that encouraged Virginia House of Burgess to act with famous, Give me _________, or give me _______!
Paul Revere Member of the Sons of Liberty sent to warn colonists that the ________ were coming.
Lexington/Concord First ________ of the RevolutionThe Shot Heard Around the World
Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia to set up ____________ _______appointed ________ ____________ as leader of the
Continental Army.
Battle of Bunker Hill important to the colonistsproved they could hold their own against Britain.
Olive Branch Petition Congress sent King George III petition asking for ________king refused.
Common Sense ___________ _________ wrote a pamphlet in support of independence from Britain. It was written for the _________ _____.
Declaration of Independence written by __________ ___________ and adopted by the Second Continental Congress July 4, ______. Had three
main ideas; individual ________, list of _____________, and ________________ of the coloniesUnited States of America.