1. The Roots of the Revolution

2. Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763

3. Proclamation of 1763
Kept colonists from moving past an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mountains
Cause: colonists fought with the Indians over land (Pontiac’s Rebellion)
Effect: the continued fighting angered the King; the colonists did not like the king getting involved with their affairs

4. Sugar Act (1764)
Sugar Act (1764)

5. Sugar Act (1764)
First tax passed by Parliament on imported sugar, coffee, indigo and certain wines
Cause: The French & Indian war cost Britain a lot of money; they wanted the colonists to help pay for it
Effect: colonists boycotted these items or bought them illegally

6. Quartering Act (1765)
Quartering Act (1765)

7. Quartering Act (1765)
Required colonists to house and feed British soldiers kept in the colonies to make sure colonists obeyed the Proclamation of 1763
Cause: to save money & enforce the Proclamation of 1763
Effect: colonists protested that Parliament was violating their rights

8. Stamp Act (1765)
Stamp Act (1765)

9. Stamp Act (1765)
Tax applied to all colonists and placed on all items made of or printed on paper
Cause: Britain was in debt because of the war and wanted the colonists to help pay
Effect: sparked protests and boycotts throughout the colonies and was repealed in 1766

10. Declaratory Act (1766)
Declaratory Act (1766)

11. Declaratory Act (1766)
Gave Parliament total authority over the colonies
Cause: protests and boycotts over the Stamp Act, Quartering Act and Sugar Act
Effect: angered colonists who wanted representation in Parliament

12. Townshend Acts (1767)
Townshend Acts (1767)

13. Townshend Acts (1767)
Series of laws that allowed Parliament to tax goods imported into the colonies
Cause: used by Parliament to avoid taxing activities and goods made in the colonies to reduce anger
Effect: made the colonists angrier and sparked more protests and boycotts. All but the tax on tea was repealed in 1770.

14. Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)

15. Boston Massacre (March 5, 1770)
A mob surrounded a small group of soldiers in Boston, yelled and threatened the soldiers until a shot is fired. The soldiers fired into the crowd thinking they are under attack, killing 5 and wounding 6.
Cause: anger over British taxes
Effect: Samuel Adams creates the Committees of Correspondence to keep colonists informed and raise awareness of British activities and laws

16. Tea Act (1773)
Tea Act (1773)

17. Tea Act (1773)
Allowed only one company, the British East India Company, to sell tea in the colonies
Cause: designed to help the British East India Company and lower the price of tea
Effect: angered the colonists because they were not given any choice of tea, created a monopoly for this one company and hurt colonial merchants and also had to still pay taxes on the tea

18. Boston Tea Party (December 6, 1773)

19. Boston Tea Party (December 6, 1773)
A group of men from the Sons of Liberty blocked the unloading of tea in ports cities throughout the colonies, disguised themselves as Native Americans and boarded the tea ships throwing 342 cases of tea into the harbor
Cause: protest over the Tea Act
Effect: angered the British government; King George III wanted to punish the people of Boston as an example to the other colonies

20. The Coercive [Intolerable] Acts (1774)

21. The Coercive [Intolerable] Acts (1774)
Issued by Parliament as punishment for the Boston Tea Party; these were designed to punish the colonies and Massachusetts in particular
Boston Port Act – closed the port of Boston, allowing the royal governor to decide who may enter and leave
Massachusetts Government Act – eliminated the upper house of the Massachusetts legislature and cut the power of town meetings
Administration of Justice Act – aka the Murder Act, it allowed any British official accused of murdering a colonists to be tried in Britain or another colony at the decision of the governor
Quebec Act – created government for the lands won after the French & Indian War in what is today Canada as well as lands between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers west of the Appalachian Mountains
Quartering Act – originally passed in 1765, the Quartering Act was given new strength with the Coercive Acts by allowing the royal governor of Massachusetts to force soldiers into any homes he saw fit