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Causes and events of the war. - Coggle Diagram
Causes and events of the war.
Age of Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a movement of thinkers who valued reason and science above faith or authority a basis for society.
People challenged the idea that kings had a divine right to rule.
Restrictions on trade
Tension between Britain and the Colonies in the 1750's.
Britain wanted a cheap supply of materials
Britain did not want American competition for its industries.
They used the Navigation Acts.
Navigation acts forced colonies to sell some of their products to Britain alone.
Americans had nobody else to sell to which lead to lots of smuggling.
The Seven Years War
France had also settled colonies in North America.
It lasted from 1756-1763.
The British defeated the french and seized a lot of their territory.
The war also meant that Americans gained military experience through fighting with the army.
No Taxation without Representation
British introduced The Stamp act in 1765.
This meant you needed legal documents, wills, newspapers, certificates and playing cards to have a government stamp.
British also introduced the Quartering Act.
The Quartering Act imposed taxes to cover the cost of soldiers in the Colonies.
Colonists were furious as they did not want to pay taxes especialy ones being forced uppon them by a parliment in London.
there was many protests and violence againsed the stamp act in particular.
Stamp men wer beat up and tarred and feathered.
The act was withdrawled in 1766.
Groups like Sons of Liberty in Boston attacked British officials, organised boycotts of British goods coming into America and published revolutionary pamphlets and posters demanding changes.