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Cause and effect for the Revolutionary War

Cause and effect for the Revolutionary War. leapfrog. Cause and effect for the Revolutionary War French and Indian War effects The Acts Continued NEW TAXES Trouble in Boston. French and Indian War effects.

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Cause and effect for the Revolutionary War

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  1. Cause and effect for the Revolutionary War leapfrog

  2. Cause and effect for the Revolutionary War French and Indian War effects The Acts Continued NEW TAXES Trouble in Boston

  3. French and Indian War effects • British sent 10,000 troops to the colonies to help settle disputes with the Native Americans • Proclamation of 1763- no westward settlements! • Tax colonists to pay for the expenses of the war • Customs officers obtained writs of assistance (Official Documents) to search and seize smuggled goods without warning

  4. The Acts • Sugar Act- 1764- to lower tax on imported molasses • British established special courts to hear smuggling cases which denied colonists the right to a jury trial • Stamp Act- 1765- taxed all printed material in the colonies • Samuel Adams- Sons of Liberty- burned effigies in protest

  5. continued • Colonists boycott printed goods • Stamp Act Congress in NY- sent a petition to the King stating only colonial legislatures could tax colonists • British merchants lost money- Parliament repealed the Stamp Act • Parliament passes the Declaratory Act of 1766- they can legally tax and make decisions for the colonies

  6. NEW TAXES • Townshend Acts- 1767- taxed imported goods at port of entry • Colonists imposed any and all taxes enforced by Parliament/ continued boycotts and protests- only their own reps could tax them • Women’s groups organized Daughters of Liberty to support boycotts-making their own goods to avoid importing British goods

  7. Trouble in Boston • Boston Massacre- used as propaganda by the Committee of Correspondence (Sam Adams) • Tea Act- 1773- allowed companies to ship tea without paying taxes- under sold the colonists who lost profit • Boston Tea Party- (Sam Adams) 1773- Boston Mass. • Daughters of Liberty- burned their tea and marched in protest

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