Causes of the American Revolution by Callie Jackering

French and Indian War

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Once the French and Indian War was finally over, the Brits deployed more troops to the colonies for protection, and further taxed the settlers even more in order to pay for the troops.

Boston Tea Party

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The Boston Tea Party was a protest about the heavy tax on tea set by the Brits, where the protesters threw 342 chests of tea into the ocean.

The Stamp Act

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The British created the stamp act as a way to raise money for their army, where they put a tax on all legal/official papers and publications throughout the colonies.

The Boston Massacre

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The Boston Massacre was a riot which sprouted from an argument about the Townshend act the occupation of Boston, and the killing of Christopher Seider, where 9 British soldiers shot fire into a crowd of 300-400 people, ultimately, 5 were killed.

Intolerable Acts

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4 laws which were passed in order to punish the settlers of colonial Massachusetts due to the Boston Tea Party.

Colonial Unity

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The colonies united together to help defend themselves and their rights against their home country.

Crisis of 1772

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A "credit crisis" known as the first modern banking crisis, where Alexander Fordyce causing the bank to lose money because of the East India Company.

First Continental Congress

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12 representatives from 12/13 colonies, besides Georgia, gathered and made a decision to boycott all contact with British imports, angering the Brits.

Townshend Act

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Created taxes on imported glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea, causing colonists to not want to continue to receive British imports.

Tea Act

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This is what led up to the Boston Tea Party, the sellers of the tea put an unfair tax on their tea, making the price of tea outrageous.

The Writs of Assistance

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Gave British soldiers the ability to search colonial homes or businesses without a warrant, or their permission when seizing property.

British Parliament

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The British governing bodies who made all of the laws for the colonies.