Period 3 - Cause and Effect chain - Flashcards

French and Indian War (1754-1763)

Cause: Competition for land and resources in North America, imperial rivalries between Britain and France. Effect: Treaty of Paris (1763), new taxes on colonies, Proclamation of 1763.

Proclamation of 1763

Cause: French and Indian War, Pontiac's Rebellion (1763). Effect: Colonial anger, restriction on western settlement (long-term: Revolutionary War).

Sugar Act (1764)

Cause: Britain needed revenue to pay debt from French and Indian War. Effect: Colonial anger, early protests and resistance (long-term: Revolutionary War).

Quartering Act (1765)

Cause: Britain wanted to reduce cost of stationed troops after French and Indian War. Effect: Colonial anger, resentment toward British authority (long-term: Revolutionary War).

Stamp Act (1765)

Cause: Britain needed revenue to pay debt from French and Indian War. Effect: Colonial anger, formation of Sons of Liberty, boycotts (long-term: Revolutionary War).

Townshend Acts (1767)

Cause: Stamp Act repealed, Britain still needed revenue from colonies. Effect: Colonial anger, protests and boycotts, tension with British troops (long-term: Revolutionary War).

Boston Massacre (1770)

Cause: Tensions with British troops stationed in Boston (Quartering Act). Effect: 5 colonists killed, propaganda used to increase colonial anger (long-term: Revolutionary War).

Tea Act (1773)

Cause: British East India Company struggling financially, surplus tea. Effect: Boston Tea Party, colonial anger (long-term: Revolutionary War).

Boston Tea Party (1773)

Cause: Tea Act. Effect: Intolerable Acts passed, colonial anger increased (long-term: Revolutionary War).

Intolerable Acts (1774)

Cause: Boston Tea Party. Effect: Formation of First Continental Congress, colonial anger (long-term: Revolutionary War).

First Continental Congress (1774)

Cause: Intolerable Acts. Effect: Colonial unity and organization, coordination for resistance (long-term: Revolutionary War).