1. Proclamation of 1763
Declared by King George III
at the end of the French and Indian War
Forbid colonists from expansion to the west of the Appalachian Mts

2. Causes of the American Revolution
French and Indian War
No representation in parliament
Sugar Act-1764
Quartering Act-1765
Stamp Act-1765
Townshend Act-1767
Tea Act-1773
Intolerable Acts-1774

3. French and Indian War French and American Indians against the British
Both sides incurred a lot of debt
British felt the colonists should pay their part since the war was fought for their land
taxes

4. Taxes/Acts
King George III needed to pay off debt and felt the colonists needed to pay taxes to help
Colonists were upset that laws could be passed effecting them even though they had no representation in parliament

5. Tax on sugar, molasses and other imported goods
Sugar Act-1764
Tax on sugar, molasses and other imported goods
James Otis “Taxation without Representation is tyranny”

6. Quartering Act-1765
British soldiers could stay in any private home they wanted. Families would need to house and feed them.

7. Stamp Act of 1765
Taxed all legal commercial documents, including diplomas, contracts, newspapers, and even playing cards!

8. Stamp Act continued
Colonists protested the Stamp Act by organizing and forming the Stamp Act Congress in NY city to decide what to do.

9. Sons of Liberty Organized by Samuel Adams
Burned any stamp paper they could find
Tarred and feathered British officials

10. Many colonists boycotted British goods (stopped buying them)

11. Daughters of Liberty
Helped by creating items they no longer bought from the British (ex. Clothing)
This hurt the British trade so they repealed the Stamp Act in 1766

12. Townshend Act-1767
Taxed goods like glass, paper, paint, lead & tea
Allowed British officers to search homes and businesses for possible smuggled goods

13. Boston Massacre-1770
British troops opened fire on rioting colonists.
5 killed
Repealed Townshend Act later that year

14. Tea Act 1773 Colonists had to buy all their tea from Britain/ England
Colonists responded with Boston Tea Party
Dec. 16, 1773

15. Boston Tea Party
A group of men disguised themselves as American Indians
Boarded 3 tea ships in the Boston Harbor
Broke open tea chests and threw them overboard

16. Coercive Acts-1774 also referred to as Intolerable Acts
Naval blockade of Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for
Also banned commitees of Correspondence

17. First Continental Congress
All colonies sent a representative to the meeting except Georgia
Decided to ban all trade with England until Acts repealed
Each colony needed to train militia (in case of war)

18. First Continental Congress cont.
56 delegates met in Philadelphia in 1774
Included:
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams

19. American Revolution
Fighting broke out in Lexington, Massachusetts on April 19, 1775
Beginning of the Revolutionary War