Causes of American Revolution
Transcript of Causes of American Revolution
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Stirrings of Rebellion
British Action Colonial Reaction
1765Stamp Act
1767Townshend Acts
1770Boston Massacre
1773Tea Act
1774Intolerable Acts
1775 Lexington & Concord
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The Thirteen Colonies
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1765Stamp Act
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Britain passes the Stamp Act, a tax law requiring colonist to purchase special stamped paper for printed items.
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Reaction to the Stamp Act
Colonist harass stamp distributors, boycott British goods, and prepare a Declaration of Rights and Grievances
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1767Townshend Acts
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British Action
Britain taxes certain colonial imports and stations troops at major colonial ports to protect customs officers.
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Reaction to Townshend Acts
Colonist protest “taxation without
representation” and
organize new boycott of Imported goods
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1770Boston Massacre
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The Boston Massacre 1770
British troops stationed in Boston are taunted by an angry mob. The troops fire into the crowd, killing five men
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Reaction to MassacreColonial agitators label the conflict a “massacre” and publish a dramatic engraving depicting the violence
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1773Tea Act
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The Tea Act 1773
British action
Britain gives the East India company special concessions
in the colonial tea business and shuts out colonial tea merchants
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Reaction to the Tea Act
British Action
Colonist in Boston rebel, dumping 15,000 pounds of East India Company tea into Boston Harbor
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1774Intolerable Acts
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1774 Intolerable Acts
•King George tightens control over Massachusetts by closing Boston Harbor and Quartering Troops.
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Colonial ReactionIntolerable Acts
• Colonial leaders form up the First Continental Congress and draw up a declaration of colonial rights.
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1775Lexington and
Concord
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British Action
•General Gage orders troops to march to Concord, MA, and seize colonial weapons.
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Colonial ReactionMinutemen intercept the British and engage in battle -- first at Lexington, and then at Concord.
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The Shot Heard 'Round The World