Causes of the American Revolution
1763-1776 Mackenzie Ferguson
American Revolution
The American Revolution is when all of these events happen that lead up to the American Revolution. Some of the social causes of the American revolution were the Navigation Acts, Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act and much more. The economic polices from the British are the proclamation of 1763 in that proclamation is says the settlement west to the Appalachian were to avoid wars with the natives. The colonists wanted freedom for England but, they weren't justified for declaring independence for England.
Navigation Acts
The purpose of the Navigation act were to begin mercantilism. The two rules that the colonists had to follow when trading were to only trade with English and colonial ships and the second rule they were allowed only to trade certain items. The sugar act was where the French west Indies had an importation of sugar, which forced America rum to buy more sugar. But, the colonists because they had to buy more sugar. The most significant thing about the Navigation acts were the result of the colonial manufacturing and increasing resentment for the mother country.
The proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was created after the French and Indian war. King George||| made the proclamation because he wanted to avoid conflict between the Indians. The colonists response to the proclamation, they were mad because because they wanted to live on land that the British soldiers didn't live on.
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act taxed anything on paper. The stamp Act was created because they wanted to pay off the dept for the French and Indian war. The committees of correspondence and Samuel Adams protest to the to the Stamp Act by fighting them. Samuel Adams created the Sons of Liberty and the purpose was to protest to the British polices.At the Stamp Act congress they discussed that only colonial governments were allowed to tax the colonies. King George||| didn't like the boycott and Benjamin Franklin's address to the parliament so, he repealed the Stamp Act Protest.
Quartering Act
In response to the Stamp Act Britain sent more troops to the colonies. The Quartering Act was when the colonists have British soldiers in their homes who they have to clothe, feed and give shelter to. The two main reasons were the colonists didn't like having soldiers in their home and they lost a lot of rights for their property. The writs of assistance were the colonists had soldiers in their house that they had to help out.
Townshend Acts
The items that the were because of the Townshend acts were tea, glass, paper and other items.the Daughters of liberty responded to the Townshend Acts by making their own clothes instead of buying the British clothes. The item the British continued to tax was tea because they wanted to show they still had power to tax after the Townshend Acts were repealed. The sons of liberty still showed violence towards the taxation of the colonies. They also attacked British officials.
Boston Massacre
The Events that on March 5, 1770 were the British sent troops to Boston when the colonists had to pay taxes. Then, the colonists threw snow balls at the soldiers. Finally, the soldiers shot the colonists. Samuel Adams responded to the Boston Massacre by sharing information of the incident to the committees of correspondence. John Adams chose to represent the soldiers in the in famous trail after the Boston Massacre.
Tea Act and Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act was where the British East India company which was the company to allowed to sell tea. The colonists were unhappy because they were forced to pay import taxes to Britain. The Son of Liberty responded to the Tea Act by dressing up as Indians and Throwing crates of tea overboard.
Coercive Act
The colonists called the coercive Acts the the Intolerable Acts. The four laws in the Intolerable Acts are no more trading between Boston and Britain. The second law is no more town meetings. The third one is strengthen the Quartering Act. Finally, give all control to Britain. The colonists responded to the Intolerable acts by stirring a revolutionary Acts through the colonies.