In the mid-1700s, the 13 ____ colonies were becoming overpopulated. People began to want to expand west across the ____ Mountains into the ____. The problem was that ____ owned that land. Because both England and France wanted to lay claim to the Ohio River Valley, the French and Indian War began in 1754 and lasted until 1763. The French and Indian War ended with a victory for ____. In the ____, France ceded Canada and the Ohio River Valley to England. France also ceded their Louisiana territory to Spain. While England gained more land, they also had some negative effects from the war. One effect was seen as colonists began to move into the new British territory -- fighting between colonists and ____. To stop the conflict, the new King of England, George III, passed ____. This prevented the colonists from moving west, drawing a border down the Appalachians. Colonists were ordered to stay to the ____ and natives were free to live to the ____ of the line. Colonists saw this as an act of ____! They wanted to move west and the king shouldn't be able to stop them! The Second problem the England faced after the French and Indian War was massive ____. For centuries, England had not forced the colonists to pay anything in taxes. Instead, they ignored them -- called ____. To ease the burden of the debt, Parliament began to pass ____ on the colonists. The first one was the ____, which placed a tax on sugar, ____, and rum. Colonists petitioned the king and began to smuggle in untaxed sugar. Eventually, the tax was ____. Parliament next taxed something all colonists used -- paper. The ____ caused resentment in the colonies. Because of it, the ____ were formed by ____. This secret protest group organized ____ and attacked tax collectors. After months, it was also repealed. It was next replaced by the ____, which taxed all imported British goods including paper, paint, lead, tea, and glass. The Sons of Liberty organized a massive boycott across many colonies. This led to high ____ and resentment for the British soldiers who were there, especially in Boston. On March 5, 1770, an angry mob of ____ and 8 British soldiers clashed. Five died in what became known as the ____. The first to die was ____.

Causes of the American Revolution

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