Causes of the Revolution
1763 - Law passed by the King that prevented the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation Act of 1763
1770 - Taxes on glass, paper, lead and silk
What is the Townshend Acts
European rivalries caused nations to compete to establish colonial empires to extend their wealth and power
What is a political reason
British colonists took over French territory in the Ohio Valley, the Indians joined the French and Britain had to send troops to save the colonists
What is the the french and Indian War
1777 - The turning point of the war that convinced the French to support the colonies
What is the Battle of Saratoga
1764 - A tax on molasses that angered the colonists
What is the Sugar Act
1773 - A tax on tea that led to the Boston Tea Party
What is the Tea Act
Some colonies were founded for religious reform or to escape persecution
What is religious reasons
In 1763, this document ended the French and Indian War and started the process of the British taxing the colonists to pay for the war
What is the 1763 Treaty of Paris
1777 - The place where thousands of colonial soldiers died from starvation and cold
What is Valley Forge
1765 - A tax on legal documents like marriage licenses, dice and playing cards
What is the Stamp Act
1774 - An act of civil disobedience when the colonists dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party
Some colonies were founded as business ventures by charter companies funded by investors
What is economic reasons
In 1763, this law passed by the King stopped all settlement west of the Appalachians and established a vast Indian reservation
What is the Proclamation of 1763
1781 - The last battle of the American Revolution where the French navy blocked the British navy from rescuing Lord Cornwallis forcing him to surrender
What is the Battle of Yorktown
1765 - An act that was passed requiring the colonists to house and feed British soldiers
What is the Quartering Act
1774 - A series of harsh laws that closed the Boston Harbor and stopped town meetings
What is the Intolerable Acts
Some colonies' laws allowed them to create a society a much wanted society that very was very different from England that allowed men to become rich and famous even though they were not a member of the upper class
What is social reasons
1775 - The first battle of the revolution called the shot heard around the world
What is Lexington and Concorde
1783 - The document that officially ended the American Revolution and set its boundaries all the way to the Mississippi River
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783
1770 - The first civilians killed by British soldiers
What is the Boston Massacre
1774 -Representatives from the colonies meet to discuss what to do about Britain and to send the King the Olive Branch Petition asking him to repeal the Intolerable Acts
What is the First Continental Congress
Some colonists came to American because it was new and unexplored and they wanted to see what was out there
What is adventurous reasons
1776 - The document written by Thomas Jefferson
What is the Declaration of Independence