Cause of the Revolution Flow Chart

Year 17541763 Event French and Indian War Description Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) A war between 2 - The colonists united sides. 1 side consisted against a common enemy of the British and the (French + Indians). colonists while the -The war was a socializing other side consisted experience for the of the French and colonists. their Indian allies. -Bitter feelings were directed at the contempt Brits. A proclamation by the London government that prohibited settlement beyond the Appalachians. -Colonists felt cheated. -1765, 1000 wagons rolled through Salisbury, flouting royal authority. Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) -Britain gained the East U.S., Canada, and some of India. -A huge debt was acquired. -The British felt contempt at the colonists. How it led to the American Revolution. Colonies: Bitter feelings Brits: Contempt Caused SEPARATION. It also showed the different fighting styles of the two types of armies.

1763

Proclamation of 1763

-It was issued to solve the problem of Pontiacs Rebellion. -The stage for a quarrel between the nations was set. -Victories made the British complacent.

Further pushed the tensions between the Americans and the Brits.

1764

Sugar Act

Among various provisions, it increased the duty on foreign sugar from the West Indies.

-Bitter protests. -Smuggling increased.

-Raised tax revenues for crown. -The London government had to lower duties due to protests. -Agitated by breaking of Navigation Laws.

AGITATED both colonists and British.

Year 1765

Event Stamp Act

Description Mandated the use of stamped paper or the affixing of stamps, proving payment of tax.

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) -Americans aroused by fiscal aggression. -Hated idea of admiralty courts. -Thought the act to be a violation of liberties thought to be a matter of right.

Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) -England believed it was a fair tax to be imposed upon them. -It was a milder tax than the ones imposed on the English. -Insisted on virtual representation.

How it led to the American Revolution. Created resentment among the colonies for the British.

1765

Quartering Act

Soldiers were to be housed by the colonists during their stay in the colonies.

-Beds of hardworking colonists were taken over by redcoats overnight.

-England insisted on Colonists believed troops having troops even were there to keep them in after the end of the war. check.

1766

Declaratory Act

Reaffirmed Parliaments right to bind the colonies in all cases whatsoever.

-Colonists saw the act as an affront to their liberties. -The liberties were accepted as rights in the colonies.

-Further, Britain wanted to keep the colonies in check.

Deepened the alreadypresent tensions between America and Britain.

Year 1767

Event Townshend Duties

Description Light import duty on glass, white lead, paper, paint, and tea.

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) -Colonies were just about to calm down. -The Townshend Acts revitalized colonial appetite for defiance.

Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) -Provided little increased revenue. -Produced increased illegal activities such as smuggling.

How it led to the American Revolution. Fights were fought over the enforcement of these duties.

1770

Boston Massacre

After a crowd of some 60 colonists taunting a squad of 10 redcoats, the provoked soldiers fired into the crowd, killing or wounding 11 citizens. Light import duty on tea, a major import of the colonies.

-Crispus Attucks was -Both sides were to killed by the redcoats. blame. -Both sides were to blame.

Caused mutual resentment between America and Britain.

1767

Tea Act

-Colonists felt any taxes as affronts to their liberties.

-Brought little increased revenue to Britain. -Increased illegal activities such as smuggling.

Fights were fought over the enforcement of these duties.

1773

Boston Tea Party

Roughly 100 Bostonians dressed as Indians boarded the docked ships at night and dumped its cargo into the Atlantic.

-Sympathetic colonists applauded the group of Bostonians. -Conservatives criticized the savages.

-Parliament was on the path towards the Intolerable Acts.

Colonial defiance led to Parliaments passing of the Intolerable Acts.

Year 1774

Event Coercive/ Intolerable Acts

Description Series of acts aimed at chastising Boston in particular.

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) -Rights that came with the Massachusetts charter wee completely swept away by the acts.

Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) -England spawned more resentment towards them. -Offending officers would be sent back to Britain to be tried and let off scot-free.

How it led to the American Revolution. Colonial resentment grew EVEN FURTHER.

1774

First Continental Congress

A consultative body that met in Philadelphia to redress colonial grievances.

-Many dignified papers -Parliament rejected the were drawn up including a Congresss petitions. ringing Declaration of Rights. -The Association was created.

Continued rejections of appeals to the English Parliament and to George III brews deep resentment among colonists.

1775

Battles of Lexington and Concord

British commander in Boston sent a detachment of troops to secure gunpowder but were stopped at Concord by the American army. The redcoats busted through the minute Men in Lexington.

-Gave Americans a sense of being able to defy Britain.

-Britain had a war on its hands after having so many of their men killed.

War was IMMINENT after this incident.

Year 1775

Event Second Continental Congress

Description A meeting in Philadelphia representing all 13 colonies. They were to make appeals to the king and Parliament

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) -Colonial appeals were made to the English king and Parliament. -George Washington was made the commander of the American army.

Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) -Appeals made to king and Parliament were spurned.

How it led to the American Revolution. British decision to not accept appeals set the stage for an all-out war.

1776

Publication of Common Sense

Thomas Paines pamphlet on how the larger land should not be ruled by the smaller land.

-Common Sense proposed revolutionary and radical ideas. -Paine wrote of a republic and Americas duty to form a republic, whose power flowed from the people themselves, not from a corrupt and despotic monarch. -Colonies were inspired by the idea of independence formalized in a document.

-The king was referred to as the Royal Brute of Great Britain.

It created the idea of America being able to be a republic and an end to hereditary aristocracy.

1776

Declaration of Independence

Document stating that the colonies ought to be and would be free and independent states.

-The document clearly delineated the terms of the colonies and meant conflict in the future.

The declaration guaranteed war between the two nations.