THE NAVIGATION ACTS Britain wanted to control the ____ and use them for its own benefit. The ____ were examples of this control. These Acts (laws) stated that some American products, such as ____, cotton and tobacco, could only be sold through ____ This system increased the ____ of England. But the laws led to widespread ____ by the Americans, which led to clashes with the English. THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR In the Seven Years’ War (1756-63), the ____ and the ____ combined to defeat the ____ who had colonies in Canada and ____ The war increased the British national ____ (money owed by the country). After the war, the British insisted that the Americans must be ____ to cover the cost of fighting the war and keeping ____ in America for its defence. THE QUARTERING ACT AND SUGAR ACT The British ____ in London passed the Quartering Act and the ____ Act, both of which increased the ____ of the Americans. In the Quartering Act, local towns and villages had to provide ____ and food for any British ____ based there. The Sugar Act imposed a tax on sugar ____. Some Americans said that there should be no ____ on them without their consent. THE STAMP ACT AND THE SONS OF LIBERTY To cover some of the ____ of the war, the British ____ passed the Stamp Act (1765). Americans had to have ____ and legal documents stamped by government officials who made them ____ for this. The Stamp Act caused a great deal of anger. The Sons of ____ organised against the ____ Act. Stamps were ____ and stamp officials were attacked. Americans believed that the British ____ had no right to impose taxes since Americans were not represented there. This became the slogan, ‘No taxation without ____’. THE BOSTON MASSACRE Britain imposed ____ (duties) on a number of ____ goods, including tea. Boston became the centre of ____ to these taxes. Custom officials were tarred and ____. Protesters in the city, who called themselves ____, shouted at and threw objects, including stones and snowballs, at British soldiers. The soldiers opened fire and killed ____ people in what became known as the Boston ____. The funerals of the five people were used for huge political demonstrations. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY The Sons of ____ used the Boston Massacre to spread ____ to Britain in other parts of the 13 ____. The British Government then allowed the East India ____ to sell tea directly to the Americans without ____, in contrast to ____ tea importers who had to pay tax. This led to further protests. In ____ 1773, Americans disguised as ____ Americans dumped 342 crates of ____ from British ships into Boston Harbour. The Boston Tea ____, as it was called, was organised by the ____ of Liberty. It resulted in the British Government imposing the ____ Acts on Boston. These Acts included ____ the port of Boston until the East India Company had been repaid for the spilt tea. These events resulted in people, in all colonies, being prepared to ____ Britain.

Causes of the American Revolution

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