The American Revolution - Artefact

From the 1600s, Britain established how many colonies in North America?

13

Name the 13 Colonies

Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Virginia, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina

Name the 4 Causes of the American Revolution

The Age of Enlightenment, restrictions on trade, The Seven Years' War & no taxation without representation

What was the Age of Enlightenment?

A movement of thinkers who valued reason and science above faith or authority as a basis of society

What were the restrictions on trade?

Britain wanted a cheap supply of raw materials, so they passed the Navigation Act which forced the colonies to sell some of their products to Britain alone

what were some of the products produced by colonies?

cotton, sugar and tobacco

when was the Seven Years' War?

1756-1763

what happened during the Seven Years' War?

the British defeated the French and claimed some of the French colonies in America