Causes of the American Revolution

Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, including the closing of Boston Harbor and the removal of the legislature.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Intolerable Acts

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

To protest the increased price on tea, rebellious colonists held a “party”, dumping tea into the harbor.

• Boston Massacre

• Townshend Act

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Act

Violent protest involving name calling

and snowballs and the death of five colonists.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Intolerable Acts

Fight for the Ohio River Valley between Britain and France.

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• Civil War

Prohibited colonists from settling on land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Townshend Acts

• French and Indian War

• Intolerable Acts

Tax placed on glass, lead, tea, and paint. “No taxation without representation” became the theme of colonial protests.

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts

• Stamp Act

Tax enforced following the French and Indian War. Tax on paper products.

• Townshend Act

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Boston Tea Party

Where was the Declaration of Independence written?

• New York City

• Washington, D.C.

• Philadelphia

• Pittsburgh

When was the Declaration of Independence written?

• 1763

• 1775

• 1776

• 1778

Rights had been violated was the purpose of this document-

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Act

• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. Constitution