Causes of the Revolutionary War

1763-1775
The 13
Original
American
Colonies.
English Mercantilism in the New World was created
through the use of Triangular Trade Routes.
1763- The French-Indian War Ends
Opening up land west of the Appalachians
to the American Colonists.
The
Proclamation
Line
Of 1763
Forbids
Colonial
Expansion
West of the
Appalachian
Mts.
1764- To raise much needed revenue,
The British Parliament pass the first direct tax
upon the colonist called the Sugar Act
The purpose of the Sugar Act was to impose new
taxes on the colonies which began in 1764
when parliament passed the Sugar act, which
put a duty or import tax on several products
including molasses.
1765- The Stamp
Act is
passed by
The English
Parliament.
Angry colonist protest and boycott
English made goods.
The colonists battle cry becomes,
No taxation without representation.
John Hancock
The Americans have no members in the British
Parliament.
1765- Sam Adams forms the Sons of Liberty
To protest British treatment of the Colonies.
1768
British troops began Arriving in Boston
to suppress the colonists protests
1770- The Boston Massacre
5 unarmed civilians are killed by British troops.
1773- Parliament imposes a tax on
tea sold to the colonists.
Some British tax officials get
tarred and feathered.
December 1773
The Sons of Liberty throw a
Boston Tea Party.
In response, the British pass the
Coercive or Intolerable Acts:
1. Port of Boston closed until
tea is paid for.
2. Massachusetts becomes a royal colony
under direct control of the King.
3. Quartering Act enforced-
British soldiers allowed to stay in
colonist homes.
The First Continental Congress meets in
Philadelphia in 1774.
King George III
April 19
th
, 1775 The Battle of Lexington, Mass.
The Shot heard round the World.