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Cause: Britain an France were fighting over territory.

Event: The Treaty of Paris

Effect: British government wanted to end the war because it was expensive, but eventually Spain got brought into the war.

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Cause: People were smuggling sugar because sugar taxes got so high.

Event: The Sugar Act

Effect: They lowered the price on the sugar so people stopped smuggling it.

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Cause: Britain made colonists pay taxes on legal papers.

Event: The Stamp Act

Effect: The Stamp Act was unconstitutional; it would hurt the economy of the British Empire.

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5. Quartering (Coercive) Act ~ 1765 - 1766

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5. Quartering (Coercive) Act ~ 1765 - 1766

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Cause: The colonists got angry because they didn't want to share their home.

Event: Quartering (Coercive) Act

Effect: The government repealed the act.

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Cause: The Stamp Act.

Event: T he Stamp Act Congress

Effect: He supported the boycott against the Tax Act.

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Cause: Major conflict between colonists & government.

Event: The Townshend Act

Effect: The Townshend Act was initially passed June of 1767, and officially ended in March of 1770.

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8. British Troops Arrive in Boston ~ 1765

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8. British Troops Arrive in Boston ~ 1765

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C ause: British troops came to Boston.

Event: British Troops Arrive in Boston

Effect: The Boston Massacre occurred.

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Cause: The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on march 5, 1770.

Event: The Boston Massacre

Effect: British troops were there to stop the demonstrations.

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Cause: Rhode Islanders boarded and sank the Gaspee.

Event: The Burning of The Gaspee

Effect: The government did not end up punishing anyone for the damage.

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Cause: The cause of the Boston Tea Party was "taxation with out representation."

Event: The Boston Tea Party & Act

Effect: The harbor smelled like the 92,000 pounds of tea bags thrown into the water; the harbor got shut down until it was all payed for.

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Cause: Europe got really mad at colonists, and punished them.

Event: The Intolerable Acts

Effect: It helped the people of Boston and they did not have to pay for the ruined tea.

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14. The First Continental Congress ~ 1774

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14. The First Continental Congress ~ 1774

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C ause: The King got mad about the Boston Tea Party, and raised  taxes which resulted in the colonists getting angry.

Event: First Continental Congress

Effect: After discussion, congress issued a declaration of rights.

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15. The Battle between Lexington and Concord ~ 1775

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15. The Battle between Lexington and Concord ~ 1775

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C ause: The Intolerable Acts

Event: The Battle between Lexington and Concord

Effect: This constituted the first military conflicts of the American revolution.

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16. George Washington appointed army commander~ 1775- 1799

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16. George Washington appointed army commander~ 1775- 1799

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Cause: Continental Congress chose George Washington to be appointed to Army Commander.

Event: George Washington was appointed.

Effect: He led the Army for the war.

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17. Thomas Paine Common Sense ~ 1775- 1776

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17. Thomas Paine Common Sense ~ 1775- 1776

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Cause: Thomas arrived in America and started conflict with the colonists and Britain.

Event: Thomas Paine Common Sense.

Effect: Shortly after the pamphlet was published, the declaration of Indepenance was written.

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Cause: people were tried of being forced to fight in war and war in general.

Event: Olive Branch Petition

Effect: they tried to create peace and other ways to find a solution.

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19. Declaration of Independence ~ 1775 - 1776

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19. Declaration of Independence ~ 1775 - 1776

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Cause: People were upset with being under the power of England.

Event: Declaration of Independence

Effect: They ended up sharing land with Native Americans; that also caused war because they didn’t like being used as slaves.