Causes+of+the+American+Revolution

The American Revolution was caused by tensions that England had. These events led up to American revolution

Stamp Act The Townshend Acts Tea Act ** || This angered the colonists for they had **no representation in Parliament**. Therefore, they considered it unfair to be taxed for no reason (the British had not told them that they were taxing them to be able to pay for the French and Indian War). ||
 * **Problems** || ** Actual Solutions ** || **Why This Angered the Colonists** ||
 * After the French and Indian War, England had a debt of about **100,000,000 euros**. It had no money to pay for it and did not want to tax its own people. Therefore they decided to... || Tax the Colonists by passing acts like **
 * England also had many hostile neighbors. The **Native Americans** were not happy for their land was being taken away even though they had fought and died for the British. There were about 50,000-80,000, unhappy **French** men and women, still sore from losing the war in New France (Canada). They also had to worry about the **Spanish** down in Florida. || Parliament decides to pass the **Proclamation Line of 1763**. This ordered the colonists to not cross the **Appalachian Mountains**; that land all the way to the **Mississippi River** was **Indian Territory**. It gave the **French** their own providence in **Quebec** and gave the **Spanish** their own Providence in **Florida**. It also employed soldiers to watch boundaries. || This made the American Colonists mad because the colonies were getting crowded and people wanted to move west. ||
 * To watch boundaries and "protect" the American colonists, the British sent soldiers to America. However, they had no place to house them. They decided to pass... || **The Quartering Act.** || This created another problem, though. The Americans did not like the British soldiers and much less wanted to house and feed them. Tension between the Americans and the soldiers led to the **Boston Massacre** ||
 * Because the Americans mostly traded they had very little actual money. They also had to pay their taxes to England in actual money. They decided to print out paper money, rapidly; it had no value and pretty soon each colony had its own currency, but no exchange rate. || England passed **the Currency Act**, making all of their money worthless. || This made the American colonists mad because Britain both refused to trade for money and required them to pay unfair taxes with British money, which they had precious little of. ||