Causes of the aMERICAN rEVOLUTION - taBLE OF CONTENTS:
Essential Question: How did public opinion in the American Colonies develop into wanting independence from Great Britain ?
I. Social Causes of the American Revolution: the American Colonies began to develop a new colonial cultural identity
- What social factors led the 13 Colonies to develop a cultural identity as American colonies?
A. English Civil War in Great Britain
1. Glorious Revolution
2. The English Bill of Rights
3. Navigation Acts
B. American Colonies isolated: self-govern
1. charter colonies
2. royal colonies
3. proprietary colonies
4. voting rights
C. Emerging American Culture
1. family roles
2. education
3. freedom of the press
4. the Enlightenment
II. Economic Causes of the American Revolution: There were many economic aspects that caused the American Colonies to want independence from Great Britain
– How did economic factors affect the Colonies’ desire for independence?
A. the impact of the French and Indian War
B. Proclamation of 1763
C. trade with American Colonies and Europe
1. mercantilism
2. triangular trade route
III. Political causes of the American Revolution: The policies and treatment forced upon the American Colonies by Great Britain had major effects on the desire for independence
– What caused the American Colonies to rebel against the British, ultimately deciding to fight for independence?
A. Taxation without representation
1. Proclamation of 1763
2. Sugar Act 1764
3. Stamp Act 1765
a. Stamp Act Congress 1765
4. Quartering Act 1766
5. Townsend Act 1767
B. The Boston Tea Party
1. Tea Act 1773
C. The Boston Massacre “The Shot Heard Round the World”
1. Intolerable Acts 1774
2. First Continental Congress
3. Lexington and Concord “The British are coming!”
4. Second Continental Congress
5. Declaration of Independence
IV. The American Colonists believed that they had the right to self-govern themselves
– What political aspects caused the American Colonies to want self-government?
A. Loyalists vs. Patriots
B. The Enlightenment
C. All the Acts imposed on the American Colonies
D. “No taxation without representation!”
1. First Continental Congress
2. Second Continental Congress
I. Social Causes of the American Revolution: the American Colonies began to develop a new colonial cultural identity
- What social factors led the 13 Colonies to develop a cultural identity as American colonies?
A. English Civil War in Great Britain
1. Glorious Revolution
2. The English Bill of Rights
3. Navigation Acts
B. American Colonies isolated: self-govern
1. charter colonies
2. royal colonies
3. proprietary colonies
4. voting rights
C. Emerging American Culture
1. family roles
2. education
3. freedom of the press
4. the Enlightenment
II. Economic Causes of the American Revolution: There were many economic aspects that caused the American Colonies to want independence from Great Britain
– How did economic factors affect the Colonies’ desire for independence?
A. the impact of the French and Indian War
B. Proclamation of 1763
C. trade with American Colonies and Europe
1. mercantilism
2. triangular trade route
III. Political causes of the American Revolution: The policies and treatment forced upon the American Colonies by Great Britain had major effects on the desire for independence
– What caused the American Colonies to rebel against the British, ultimately deciding to fight for independence?
A. Taxation without representation
1. Proclamation of 1763
2. Sugar Act 1764
3. Stamp Act 1765
a. Stamp Act Congress 1765
4. Quartering Act 1766
5. Townsend Act 1767
B. The Boston Tea Party
1. Tea Act 1773
C. The Boston Massacre “The Shot Heard Round the World”
1. Intolerable Acts 1774
2. First Continental Congress
3. Lexington and Concord “The British are coming!”
4. Second Continental Congress
5. Declaration of Independence
IV. The American Colonists believed that they had the right to self-govern themselves
– What political aspects caused the American Colonies to want self-government?
A. Loyalists vs. Patriots
B. The Enlightenment
C. All the Acts imposed on the American Colonies
D. “No taxation without representation!”
1. First Continental Congress
2. Second Continental Congress