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Causes of the American Revolution

Causes of the American Revolution. The Steps to Independence. I. Categories of Concern. A. Land Restriction B. Tax Increases C. Reduction of Freedoms D. Colonists Reactions. II. Land Restrictions. A. Treaty of Paris. 1. Ends French and Indian War 2. Gives England control of the Ohio

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Causes of the American Revolution

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  1. Causes of the American Revolution The Steps to Independence

  2. I. Categories of Concern • A. Land Restriction • B. Tax Increases • C. Reduction of Freedoms • D. Colonists Reactions

  3. II. Land Restrictions

  4. A. Treaty of Paris • 1. Ends French and Indian War • 2. Gives England control of the Ohio River Valley

  5. B. Proclamation Act • 1. 1763 • 2.Prohibits expansion past the Appalachian Mts.

  6. III. Tax Increases

  7. A. Sugar Act • 1.1764 • 2. Increases duties/tax on sugar and molasses

  8. B. Stamp Act • 1. 1765 • 2. First internal tax on colonies • 3. Taxed all printed materials

  9. C. Stamp Act Repealed • 1. 1766 • 2. English merchants were losing money due to boycotts • 3. Stamp Act Congress asked England to repeal it

  10. D. Townshend Acts • 1. 1767 • 2. British tax paper, tea, glass, and lead • 3. British officials can search for smuggled goods

  11. E. Townshend Acts Repealed • 1. 1770 • 2. All import taxesremoved except for tea due to colonial boycotts

  12. F. Tea Act • 1. May 10, 1773 • 2. Allows East India Tea Company to develop a tea monopoly • 3. Threatens business for colonial smugglers/merchants

  13. IV. Reduction of Freedoms

  14. A. Mercantilism I • 1. 1700’s • 2. England believes colonies exist to economically benefit the mother country

  15. B. Mercantilism II • 1. England restricts colonies’ trade with Navigation Acts • 2. Colonies begin to smuggle goods

  16. C. Quartering Act • 1. 1765 • 2. Requires colonists to house troops and supply them with food

  17. D. Boston Massacre • 1.March 5,1770 • 2.British troops fire into a mob killing 5 people

  18. E. Intolerable Acts I • 1. March 1774 • 2. Boston port shut down from incoming goods • 3. Town meetings disallowed

  19. F. Intolerable Acts II • 1. British General Gage becomes governor of MA • 2. Creates military-rule for Boston

  20. V. Colonial Reactions

  21. A. No Taxation without Representation • 1. 1764 slogan by James Otis • 2. Means colonists shouldn’t pay taxes without having a say in Parliament

  22. B. Committee of Correspondence • 1. Created after Sugar Act • 2. Meetings held in Boston • 3. Organizes to communicate protests with other colonies

  23. C. Boycotts • 1. 1764-1775 • 2. Colonists refuse to buy British goods • 3. Causes many taxes to be repealed

  24. D. Patrick Henry Speech • 1. May 1765 • 2. Presents Virginia Resolutions protesting Stamp Act • 3. Colonies form the Stamp Act Congress

  25. E. Sons of Liberty • 1. July 1765 • 2. Organized citizens to oppose British officials • 3. Used violence and intimidation as technique

  26. F. Tea Party! • 1. December 16, 1773 • 2. Sons of Liberty dump 342 tea chests into Boston Harbor

  27. G. Continental Congress • 1. September 1774: 56 members meet in Philadelphia • 2. Unites colonies/sends official complaint to the king • 3. Tells colonies to boycott and keep militias (groups of citizen-soldiers) ready

  28. All of these events cause tension between the British and the Patriots which leads to a war

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