1. Causes of the American Revolution
French and Indian War
Proclamation Of 1763
No Taxation without Representation
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
Quartering Act
Boston Massacre
Tea Act
Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Act
1st Continental Congress
Lexington and Concord

2. French and Indian war
Because England fought this war to help protect the colonies England went into debt (to owe money)

3. No Taxation Without Representation
The colonists were being taxed by the King
and Parliament without any say or input into
The decisions being made!
John Hancock
John Adams
Sam Adams

4. Sugar Act
This act taxed sugar, molasses and coffee
Tax

5. “No Taxation without Representation”
The colonists were upset because they had now
say in how the colonies were being run! They
came up with a catch phrase or slogan.
This catch phrase or slogan was:
“No Taxation without Representation”

6. Stamp Act Hear Ye, Hear Ye
This taxed legal documents, newspapers, printed materials, playing cards, and dice

7. Declaratory Act
This was a statement of power. It said that England had the power to tax the colonies whenever they wanted!

8. I.E.- lead, paint, paper, and glass
Townshend Act
This act taxed items needed for every day life in the colonies NOT made in the colonies.
I.E.- lead, paint, paper, and glass

9. Quartering Act
This act said that the colonists had to provide housing, candles
bedding, and beverages for the British soldiers.

10. Boston Massacre
Five colonists were killed here. An African American sailor,
Crispus Attucks, was one of the five civilians killed here!

11. Tea Act This act taxed tea, but more importantly, formed
a monopoly for the British East India Company
Monopoly-
To control all the sales of a certain product

12. Boston Tea Party Colonists dressed up as Mohawk Indians and
threw crates of tea into the Boston Harbor in
retaliation for the Tea Act. They were led by
Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty!

13. Intolerable Act England blockaded and closed the port of Boston
until the colonists paid for the tea that they threw
into the Harbor. They did this in retaliation for
the Boston Tea Party.

14. The First Continental Congress
In September 1774, 56 delegates from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania State House
They decided they would:
Continue to boycott
Colonial militias needed to prepare to fight
Created and sent the Declaration of Rights
Agreed to meet in May 1775

15. Lexington A small village outside of Boston. The
first shots of the Revolution were fired
there. This is where 8 colonists were
killed on the “Green”. No British soldiers
were killed here.

16. Concord A small village a few miles past Lexington.
This is where the first British soldier was
killed at the “North Bridge.” This act is known as “The Shot Heard Round the World.”

17. Know It Notes
Duty-
A tax on imported goods
Repeal -
To end or take back
Boycott-
When people refuse to buy certain goods
An African American sailor who was one of the five civilians killed at the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks-

18. Know it notes-continued
Militia-
Regulars in the Continental Army
Minutemen-
Farmers who would be ready to
fight a battle in a moment’s notice
Information giving only one side
of an argument
Propaganda-
A small village outside of Boston.
This is where 8 colonists were
killed in the first battle of the
Revolutionary War.
Lexington-

19. A small village a few miles Down the road from Lexington. This
is where the first British soldier was
killed a the North Bridge
Concord-
The news of the revolution in the colonies
spread quickly. At the North bridge in
Concord where the first British soldier
Was killed became known as:
“The Shot Heard Round the World”

20. The End