Causes of Revolution

The proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian war. The proclamation line created a boundary separating the British colonies from the American Indian lands. It was the first thing to ever affect all 13 colonies. The proclamation made it where private citizens and colonial governments from buying land and making deals with Natives. The empire would make all the decisions. That is the proclamation.

The Sugar Act is based off silk, wine, coffee, pimento, and indigo. They called it The Sugar Act because they attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses in the colonies by reducing the previous tax rate and enforcing the collection of their duties. On April 5, 1765, The Sugar Act made England seize without due process. The Sugar Act affected Boston and New England by a lot because the colonists that were there, used the sugar to make their rum. The Sugar Act was important to the American Revolution because it was the first tax on the American colonies.

The Quartering Act was part of the Intolerable acts. The fourth and final act was The Quartering Act, that required local officials to provide lodging for the British soldiers. the Quartering Act led to the American Revolution because the colonists discussed the legality of The Quartering Act because it interacted with the bill of rights in 1689.

The Stamp Act taxed most printed minerals. The Stamp act is the first direct tax to the colonists. In October 1765, the representatives from 9 colonies started the stamp act congress. The Stamp Act made the British feel as if they were good on charging a specific tax because the colonies were getting the best of the British troops, but the colonists weren't up for it, the didn't feel the same.

This was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770 on King Street in Boston. It started as a big street fight between American colonists and a lone British soldier. It started to escalate into a very deadly fight. The conflict stirred up an Anti-British sentiment and lead to the American Revolution. There was tension building in the early 1770 because there was more than 2,000 soldiers and 16,000 colonists. The soldiers were to enforce Britain tax laws. Colonists rebelled against the taxes they found repressive causing the Boston Massacre.

Why was it burned? The Gaspee, a British customs ship, ran aground in Rhode Island and a Sons of Liberty group attacked and set fire to the ship.
Where: Narragansett Bay

The committees of correspondence were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution.
Importance: Disseminating the colonial interpretation of British actions between the colonies and to foreign governments.
Where: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina.

The Boston Tea Party was the last straw for Britain. On May 1773, Britain passed the Tea Act of 1773. There were more than 1,200 chests of tea that were sent to the colonies. There was a group of 150 men in Boston that dressed as Native Americans and snuck into several British ships to destroy the tea they had put on board. Crowds of men threw the tea in the sea, and called it "The Boston Tea Party".

The Intolerable Acts are The Boston Tea Party, Government, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, and The Quebec Act. The intolerable Acts caused The American Revolution because they were a series of laws passed by The British Parliament. The Intolerable Acts were important to The American Revolution because the colonists dubbed them them the "intolerable Acts". The colonists felt as if the legislation was violating their right as Englishmen and their National Rights as human beings.

Was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.
Goal: To ensure that the government in United States help the British empire to instate the punishment.
Where: Philadelphia's Carpenters Hall