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American Revolution CAUSES - Coggle Diagram
American Revolution CAUSES
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French and Indian War
1750
Ohio River Valley
Both wanted the area
Many American Indians sided with the French
1754
Banjamin Franklin - colonies unite
Britain was losing
William Pitt - leader Parliament
He sent ships and soldiers to North America
1763 - France ready to make peace
Agreement: Treaty of Paris
Sugar Act
British Parliament - tax American colonists
1764
Tax - sugar, coffee, cloth, indigo, wine
Stamp Act
1765
Anything printed in paper
Pay for tax stamp
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Colonists unhappy
Patrick Henry - House of Burgesses
angry speech
Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams - leader
Protests against the Stamp Act
Protests and boycotts worked out
1766 - canceled Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
1767
Tax - tea, glass, lead, paints, paper
Colonies angry
British merchants lost money
Parliament removed taxes
Tax on tea continued
Boston Massacre
unhappy - British soldiers in their city
They fought
March 5, 1770 - fight broke out (Boston- Bristish soldier)
5 colonists were killed
Tea Act
1773 - Paliament passed it
East India Tea Company of Britain - sell tea in America
Tea is taxed cheaper than smuggled tea
Boston merchants refused to sell it
Boston Tea Party
Get rid of unwanted tea
December 16, 1773 Sons of Liberty boarded illegally
Unwanted tea into the Boston Harbor
Intolerable Acts
Parliament was stunned
Lord Frederick North - Coercive Acts
Colonists name them like this
Stopped trade between Boston and Britain
Ended town meetings
Britain more control
First Continental Congress
December 5, 1774
Letter - British goverment and American colonists
Colonists same freedom as Britain
Remove taxes
Colonists began to train for war
Moving Toward the War
1775
Colonists who were against Britain rule
Colonies were ready for a war