Causes of American Revolution

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American Revolution (1765-1783)

• Ideological and Political Revolution

• Faught against England

• Regarding 13 colonies of North America

Major Causes of American Revolution
• French and Indian war
• The British parliament passes new laws
• The Townshend Act 1767
• American colonists take action
• Boston Massacre 1770
• Tea Act 1773
• Boston Tea Party 1773
• Intolerable Act 1774
• First Continental Congress 1774
 French and Indian war

• Took place between The English and French

• Each side used Native Americans to help to
fight the war
The British Parliament Passes New Laws

• Parliament passed taxes to control the

colonies
• To remake fund and economy
a. Proclamation Act 1763
• Forbade colonists to move from
their land

b. Sugar Act 1764

• England placed tax on sugar, coffee, indigo
and molasses
 Currency Act 1764
• Americans have to pay loans or
debts using gold or silver

Stamp Act 1765

• England placed tax on all legal
documents
The Townshend Act 1767
• British Parliament gave permission to the
soldiers to check the American houses
• Placed taxes on glass, lead, papers, paint
and tea.
American Colonists Take Action

• Furious over new taxes and laws

• Colonists felt the Parliament and the King did
not have right to control them.
• Wanted representative
Sons of Liberty 1765

• Sam Adams created this

organization and led the
Americans
• Americans started more
violation

Boycott
• Refused to buy English goods
Boston Massacre 1770
• Protest against British government by
Americans
• Five Americans were killed
• Paul Revere wrote about the event and
called it the ‘Boston Massacre’
Tea Act 1773
• British parliament decreased the price of tea but
left the tax on tea
• This was a way of hurting American Marchants

Boston Tea Party 1773

• The Americans wasted tea boxes into harbor as a
protest against Tea Act
Intolerable Act 1774
• British parliament closed the port of Boston as a
punishment for Boston Tea Party.

Quartering Act 1774

• Giving shelter to British soldiers in every colonies
for free of cost
First Continental Congress 1774
• Sent petition to King to restore peace
• Asked King to remove the Intolerable Act
• Parliament responded by adding new taxes to
the colonies.
The War Begins
• On 19th April 1775, the war broke out.
• 18 Minutemen and 300 British were killed in the
Battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775.
• 1000 British soldiers were killed in the Battle of
Bunker Hill in 1775.
• British were forced to abandon Boston
• In 1776, the independence of America was
declared.
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