Causes of the American Revolution

A war fought in the colonies between the English and the French and Native Americans for contol of the Ohio Valley area where the English won but ended up in debt

A law to keep colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains; designed to keep the colonists from expanding further west to prevent Indian conflict.

A law where colonists were required to pay a tax on printed items such as newspapers and playing cards.

In March 1770, a crowd of colonists protested against British customs agents and the presence of British troops in Boston. British soldiers shot and five colonists were killed

Upset about the Tea Act, a group of colonists called the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans, boarded British ships and threw over 300 chests of tea overboard.

The first battles of the Revolution in which British general Thomas Gage went after the stockpiled weapons of the colonists in Concord, Massachusetts.

A law punishing the colonists for the Boston Tea Party (military rule in MA, closed the Boston Harbor, and limited town meetings in Boston).

A 1776 document stating that the 13 English colonies were a free and independent nation.

People who didn't want independence from Britain

People who wanted to be free from Britian

A style of fighting that used sneak attack

A British law that forced colonists to house British soldiers who were stationed in the colonies

A law where colonists had to pay an indirect tax on lead, paper, glass and tea

Early battle that showed it wouldn't be an easy victory for the British

Colonists wrote a letter to the king asking for forgiveness and wanting to make up