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Causes Of The American Revolution

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

BY:OLLIE RIVERA
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THE NAVIGATION ACTS (1651)

~PUT THE THEORY OF MERCANTILISM IN PRACTICE~

THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (1756-1763)

COLONISTS WANT MORE LAND

PROCLAMATION OF 1763

COLONISTS FORBIDDEN TO SETTLE WEST OF APP. MTNS.

THE STAMP ACT (1765)

NEWSPAPER AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS STAMPS TAXED
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STAMP ACT CONGRESS IN NY (1765)

MAJORITY OF COLONIES OPPOSE BRITISH RULE

SONS OF LIBERTY (1765)

COLONISTS BOYCOTT BRITISH GOODS

QUARTERING ACTS (1765)

COLONISTS PROVIDE HOME AMD SUPPLIES TO BRITISH SOLDIERS

WRITS OF ASSISTANCE (1765)

ASSIST CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN ARRESTING SMUGGLERS

TOWNSHEND ACTS (1767)

LEGALIZED WRITS OF ASSISTANCE

BOSTON MASSACRE (1770)

FIVE UNARMED MEN ARE SHOT BY BRITISH SOLDIERS

TEA ACT (1773)

EAST INDIA COMPANY PAYS LESS TAX ON TEA
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BOSTON TEA PARTY (1773)

DISGUISED COLONISTS DUMP TEA IN HARBOR

COERCIVE "INTOLERABLE" ACTS (1773)

RESTRICTED COLONISTS CIVIL RIGHTS

FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS (1774)

SEVEN WEEKS; EXTEND BOYCOTT ON BRITISH GOODS

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD (1775)

~THE SHOT HEAR ROUND THE WORLD~

SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS (1775)

MONTHS SPENT DEBATING COURSE OF ACTION

COMMON SENSE (1776)

THOMAS PAINE CALLS FOR COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (1776)

U.S. SHOULD BE A FREE NATION