Cause of the Revolution Flow Chart

Year Event Description Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) E) Lost lots of money for the fighting and supply. P) FIW brought the colonists to unite somehow with common ideals. Statesmen met as officials S) The people felt more confident in their own militia and armed force.
E) The Americans had increased birthrates and profits, but land soon became more and more expensive and desired. P) Leaders in the colonies overridden the contract and sent men to the west. S) Americans were angry at the UK for restricting them
E) Any colonist who wanted to purchase sugar must pay a cumbersome tax. P) A constitutional protest plead, no taxation without representation S) Many Americans were angered by this act, and open street protests developed, and encouraged by people like Samuel Adams and James Otis.

French and Indian War

Also known as The Seven Year War. English and its colonies and some from the Iroquois Confed. vs France and New France (Canada/ Quebec). Fought for control in the Ohio Valley A line set by the official by Parliament so that the colonists may not settle and interfere with the Native Americans and their hostility towards any settler. (1764) A tariff that the English put on only for the colonists to profit further from their agriculture and business. English used this to pay off war debts.

Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) E) Lost lots of money from fighting in the Colonies and in Europe. P) London Officials set a Proc. Line to solve Indian problem. Colonist may not settle. S) Relations must be improved for Indians
E) The English suffered an economical handicap; resources ran lower and lower since colonists had less and less land. P) The proclamation gave England a peace of mind. S) People like Lordly Britons was in no mood for anger and disorder in the colonies E) The English slowly made their moneys worth from the FIW, but never quite reached the debt. P) After uncontrollable protest and anger in the colonies, they repeal. S) Englishmen saw this as a act of disobedience to mother land.

How it led to the American Revolution. The colonists felt empowered by their success in their militia, and that confidence soon served as a important factor that led to the revolution.

1763

Proclamation of 1763

Sugar Act

Post war land was free for the taking for the colonists, but the proclamation said otherwise, though for better political relations for Natives. Americans are angry at the UK for restricting their growth of the colonies and they feel overly controlled by the English. A slow build up of anger and bitterness grew across the American colonies toward to British. Open street protest began and mob like activity initiated.

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Event

Description

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social)

Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social)

E) The English profited from these taxes and was closer to free of debt. The repeal hit UK hard, colonists veered from UK goods. P) Grenville repeals the act, and is losing control. S) Colonial anger builds up from tariffs prior.

How it led to the American Revolution. The Americans were angered by the English by imposing a unreasonable tax for stamped and printed goods.

Stamp Act

(1765) Prime Minister G. Grenville imposed a gruesome tariff that required Americans to pay for the military support in the colonies. Imposed in 1765

E) All colonists who wanted to buy a officially printed product must also pay a mandatory tax. P) A Stamp Act congress is establishes to discuss the unjust tariff S) The colonists forced repeal on the tariff. E) The colonists lost money to pay for the living expenses for the soldiers forcefully living in the homes of the colonists. P)Nothing in particular S) This was one of the last straws for the colonists in New England, and this greatly fueled the ignition to the Revolutionary war.

Quartering Act

(1765)The law that states that colonists must give British soldiers living quarters and foodstuffs if they request during the French and Indian War.

E) English paid soldiers depended on the colonists for living solutions, and so England does not need to pay for lodging. P) They continue to exercise their power over the colonies S) British soldiers and officers felt superior towards the colonial officers.

More and more tariffs and taxes and laws passed and they anger the colonies, especially in New England. This simmers towards the revolution

Declaratory Act

(1766) A statement passed that stated that the Parliament may bind off the colonies and is in total control in the Americas.

E) Absolute control over the colonies led to some economical setbacks, since this was made simultaneously with the repeal of the Stamp Act. P) Nothing in particular S) The people desired for a measure of sovereignty on their own, instead of the unjustifiable English Parliament.

E) Nothing in particular P) The English government declared utmost and absolute power and control over the colonies. S) English saw the colonies as rebelling children. Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) E) These taxes paid for English judicial judges and royal governors. P) Government officials received salary from the taxes received. S) Nothing in particular
E) Nothing in particular P) 2 Military officers were convicted from treason, and the rest were branded on their hands. S) The English no long have to audacity to open fire towards the Americans without order.

All the following event and acts set by the English set a route to imminent confrontation. The Colonys society developed small groups of people revolting the English Govt. The King George statue was melted and used to make bullets that shot Redcoats. How it led to the American Revolution. More and more Americans became patriots and set off in to resenting the UK. Less and less people in the colonies purchased English Goods.

Year

Event

Description

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social)

E) The people continue to suffer taxes beyond their economy and imports and exports continued to drop. P) Many mob like activities developed as propaganda to lead the people into a rebellion S) Americans are set in a rebellious mood that spread

Townshend Duties

(1767) A tax set by Champagne Charlie Townshend of England that declares taxes on imported glass, lead, paper, paint and tea. On 5th of Mach, 1770, English soldiers opened fire towards a mob in Boston. An 11 year old boy in mind that had been shot and died was the cause of the riot.

Boston Massacre

E) Nothing in particular P) On trial, the English AND the Colonists were charged in some way, but 2 redcoats were found guilty of treason. S) The Americans jeered at the English for another legitimate reason.

Americans died from an event that the English started and colonists saw this as something that annotated resentment from the English. Tension continues to build with dead Americans in an open riot.

Tea Act

(1773) A tax on tea was passed by the English government to have save the tea revenue from the unsold tea in the colonies. On the 16th of December, Bostonians dumped tea crates and barrels in the bay to demonstrate intolerance towards the Tea Act. Description

Boston Tea Party

E) Nothing in particular P) Nothing in particular S) The colonists saw this as a trickery to sell cheaper tea with a tax to make money off of them. Many ports of the colonies sent the tea ships back to England. E) Nothing in particular P) N..I.P S) The Americans reactions varied from approval to disproval to violate the laws.

E) This was a failed attempt from the English to save the tea revenue. It backfired. P) Government saw no reason that the colonists were angry. S) Nothing in particular E) Losing crates of tea meant that the tea revenue continued to drop and fall. P) Officials in England choose no to act officially, and bitterness follows (<S) Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) E) The English economy had to makeshift their funds to pay for the damages. P) Nothing in particular S)

This led to the Boston Tea Party, where tea was dumped in to the Massachusetts Bay with the message that English tea taxes will not be tolerated.

More patriots were made and their fighting spirit gave the colonists a sense of confidence and rebellion.

Year

Event

Coercive/ Intolerable Acts

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) This was passed by E) Some Americans were the English forced to pay the taxes, government for while some ignored it and colonists; it continued to riot. blockaded tea imports P) Nothing in particular. until the damages S) Bitterness swept across were paid in full. the colonies and saw the English in a common theme; thieves and taxcollectors.

How it led to the American Revolution. This also contributed to the anger of the colonists.

First Continental Congress

A meeting for the delegates to discuss the reasoning to the King to pull back the undesired terms and tariffs.

E) Nothing in particular P) This eventually demonstrated the political order of the Colonies in the chaos. S) People were represented in this congress, when they were not with the British. E) Commencement of a war costed the people greratly, for arms, rations and enlistments. P) Governments demonstrate order and political decision making. S) The colonists are riled up.

E) Nothing in particular P) The King refuses to review the decisions and the meeting itself, and saw it as an act of treason. S) Nothing in particular.

People in the colonies saw that a government would be formed and it gave us confidence in our cause to gain peace towards the UK

Battles of Lexington and Concord

The first battle of the Revolutionary War of America. This was the first declared war for the Americans to fight against the UK. C.A lose.

E) England must pay for the officers deployed in the colonies P) King no longer seeks peace towards the enemy S) England sees the Colonies as treason Effect on England (Economic, Political, Social) E) Nothing in Particular P) King George shuts out the possibility of peace S) Open war may be imminent

The first spark of the war led to a series of intense battles in the 18th century until the peace treaty.

Year

Event

Description

Second Continental Congress

Effect on Colonies (Economic, Political, Social) This was a congress E) Nothing in particular which included all P) A 2nd set up of a the colonies to delegate meeting once discuss the possibility again demonstrated the of peace or war. A political order. Declaration of S) Patriots desire a Independence is decision from the drafted by Jefferson. Congress.

How it led to the American Revolution. Angered the UK soldiers, the people begin to fight in an open war.

Publication of Common Sense

Thomas Paynes text that declares Americans to be completely separated from the UK, culturally and racially.

E) People no longer bought UK goods. Boycott P) Congress decides on open war. S) People agree and no long practice English culture.

E) Boycott results in Anger and confidence arise market crash. from the patriots. P) Nothing in particular S) The UK citizens and loyalists see this document as a slander to the English culture.

Declaration of Independence

The most important document that states that the 13 colonies desire to be separate from UK.

E) Boycott of Goods P) The Congress met up and among many, eg Franklin sign the document S) People are reassured of the revolution.

E) Open war costs UK P) Troops are sent to fight the rebels S) The English are angry and decide to fight.

Jefferson declares a nationwide separation from the UK as the USA.