Cause and Effect chain

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Cause: Stamp Act repealed, Britain still needed revenue from colonies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)