Causes of the American Revolution

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Causes of the American Revolution

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French Indian War

• gtgtgtBritish DebtgtgtgtHigher Taxes
• gtgtgtProclamation of 1763
• Colonists cannot settle Ohio Valley

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Tensions Rise (Laws)

• Sugar Act (1764)
• Increased penalty for smuggling
• Stamp Act (1765)
• Tax on all docs publications

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Laws Cont

• Townsend Acts (1767)
• High taxes (duties) on imports
• Taxation w/out representation
• Intolerable Acts (1774)
• Boston Harbor closed
• Quartering
• Martial Law in Boston

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Colonial Reactions

• Stamp Act Protests
• Sons of Liberty Harassed Officials
• Stamp Act CongressgtgtgtBoycott of British
  GoodsgtgtgtAct Repealed

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Enlightenment Ideas

• John Locke Natural Rights, Consent of the
  Governed gtgtgt T. Jefferson Dec. of Ind.
• Thomas Paine Common Sense (1776)
• - Attacked the King
• -Should start new equal society
• -Colonies could win

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