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ROAD to REVOLUTION

ROAD to REVOLUTION. Cause:. French and Indian War 1754-1763. Effect:. Cause:. Albany Plan of Union. 1754 Delegates from 7 colonies Developed by Ben Franklin Provided for an inter-colonial gov’t System for recruiting troops & collecting taxes for common defense

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ROAD to REVOLUTION

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  1. ROAD to REVOLUTION

  2. Cause: French and Indian War1754-1763 Effect:

  3. Cause: Albany Plan of Union • 1754 • Delegates from 7 colonies • Developed by Ben Franklin • Provided for an inter-colonial gov’t • System for recruiting troops & collecting taxes for common defense • Never took effect due to colonial jealousy Effect:

  4. Cause: Pontiac’s Rebellion1763 • 1st major test of new British Imperial policy • Major attacks vs settlements • Pontiac wanted gifts from British Effect:

  5. Cause: Proclamation of 1763 • Stabilizing western frontier • Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mts Effect:

  6. Cause: Quartering Act • 1765 • Colonists had to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers Effect:

  7. Cause: Stamp Act • 1765 • Tax long in use in England • Required revenue stamps to be used on most printed paper and legal documents in colonies • 1st direct tax collected from those who use the goods Effect:

  8. Cause: Declaratory Act • 1766 • Britain repealed Stamp Act • Parliament asserted its right to tax and make laws “in all cases whatsoever” Effect:

  9. Cause: Townshend Acts • New duties in 1767 • Collected on imports of tea, glass, and paper • Used $$ to pay crown officials • Also could search private homes for smuggled goods Effect:

  10. Cause: Boston Massacre • March 1770 • Crowd of colonists harassed soldiers • Soldiers fired • 5 dead colonists Effect:

  11. Cause: Committees of Correspondence formed • Initiated by Sam Adams • 1772 • Regularly exchange letters about suspicious or potentially threatening British activities Effect:

  12. Cause: Boston Tea Party • Colonists refused to buy British tea due to taxes. (Tea actually cheaper) • Dec, 1773 • Dressed as Native Ams, dumped tea Effect:

  13. Cause: • 1774 • Punishing people of Boston • Closed Port of Boston • Reduced power of legislature; increased governor’s power • Royal officials accused of crimes to be tried in England • Expanded Quartering Act Coercive Acts Effect:

  14. Cause: Quebec Act • 1774 • Organized Canadian lands gained from France • Establ. Catholicism as official religion of Quebec • Extended Quebec’s border to Ohio River Effect:

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