T Cause of the Revolution Flow Chart

Year Event Description Effect on Colonies Effect on England (Economic, Political, (Economic, Political, Social) Social) The colonies Created a large developed social debt resulting in relations as a result tax raises of the conflict Changed Benefited from Britains trading with the political policy enemy English citizens Demanded rights saw the of an English colonists as citizen lesser people Limited Colonists Spent extra economic growth money stationing Colonist further regulars to resented British enforce the power proclamation United the colonists against the British Negative attitudes towards policy Protested against the tariffs Beneficial for the British economy How it led to the American Revolution. Colonies resented Britains treatment of them The conflict strengthened the American Military

17541763

French and Indian War

The most far-flung conflict in the SevenYears War between the French-Indian forces and the British/colonial forces

1763

Proclamation of 1763

Prohibited settlements beyond the Appalachians to avoid conflict with Pontiac

United colonists through their common resentment of the British

1764

Sugar Act

First law Britain imposed on the colonists that increased tariffs on imported sugar

Protests against the Sugar act showed the colonists that they could overcome the British by uniting

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Event

Description

1765

Stamp Act

Anything bought or sold required a stamp that had to paid for

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) Riled about the colonists Caused protests

Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) Supposedly beneficial to the Crown until it was repealed

How it led to the American Revolution. United colonists against the British.

1765

Quartering Act

Forced colonists to provide housing and food for the British regulars

Increased the resentment of the British soldiers

Allowed England to watch the colonists closer

Created resentment towards the British rule and their soldiers

1766

Declaratory Act

The declaration stated that Parliament's authority was the same in America as in Britain and asserted Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies.

Outraged because the Declaratory Act hinted that more acts would be coming.

Asserted Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies.

United the Colonists in attempt to break away from British power before ending up like Ireland

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Event

Description

1767

Townshend Duties

Authorized Parliament to issue a new set of taxes on in demand imports such as glass, lead, paint, paper and tea

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) Immense outrage Near rioting

Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) The light nature of the tax did not make it profitable but generated a great bit of resentment Increased worries about the colonists getting out of hand

How it led to the American Revolution. Colonists resisted the Britishs control

1770

Boston Massacre

Death of Four Boston Colonists by the heads of British Soldiers

Rage and Fury over the massacre

Violent protests followed the Boston Massacre

1770

Tea Act

Tax on imported Tea that forced the colonists to buy British Tea

United colonists against the act

Anger over colonial outrage

Caused the Boston Tea Party

1773

Boston Tea Party

Boston colonists raid the ships of tea and dump into the sea

Fervor and sense of pride over the defiance

Conception of the Intolerable Acts

Britain decides to take action to discipline the unruly colonists

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Event

Description

1774

Coercive/ Intolerable Acts

Reinstatement of the Quartering Act to house the soldiers that protected the tax collectors and enforced the Tea Act

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) Caused the colonists the hold the first Continental Congress to discuss the actions that needed to be taken

Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) Realized force was the only way to control the colonists

How it led to the American Revolution. Officially united the colonists against the British

1775

First Continental Congress

Meeting of the first colonial representatives to discuss the British problem

The writing of the Declaration of Independence Creation of the Boycott Association

King rejected the Congress

United colonists to take political action against the British

1775

Battles of Lexington and Concord

The start of the bloodshed Clash in the name of between Independence colonial minutemen and British troops tasked with capturing munitions and arresting the officers

Death of many British regulars Finally takes the colonists seriously

Beginning of the military conflict

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Event

Description

1775

Second Continental Congress

A Congress was held with representatives from all 13 colonies to go to war with the British

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) Committed the colonies to a common goal and a leader

Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) Attempts to suppress the colonial forces with political action was far too late

How it led to the American Revolution. Colonists become rebels and resolve to break away from Britain

1776

Publication of Common Sense

A pamphlet justifying the war with the common interests of the colonists

Spread ideas of republicanism and democracy Gave reason to the war

Britains monarchy was Convinced colonists to fight mocked against the monarchy and to create a new type of government

1776

Declaration of Independence

A document written by Thomas Jefferson and signed by a majority of the Congress in an effort to legally break away from Britain

Introduced the concept of inalienable rights

Threat against the British colonial power

Defined the United States of America