American Revolution Review

feared it would provoke attacks on American Indians.

did not want share control of the fur trade with France

wanted to trade freely with foreign nations.

resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

To promote the growth of the cottage industry in the colonies

To encourage foreign trade with the colonies.

To recover the cost of defending the colonies

To fund the establishment of new colonies.

restricting colonial trade with American Indians.

imposed regulations on colonial agriculture.

angry colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated.

punishing colonists for resisting authority of Parliament.

Colonists sought military support from France.

Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.

Colonists signed the Declaration of

Independence.

Colonists dumped tea in the Boston Harbor

Colonists born in America were prohibited from holding elected office.

Colonists were forced to quarter troops from in their homes

Colonists were eligible to become officers in the British Amy.

Colonists were required to serve a year in their colony's militia.

The British victory extended the fighting for another year.

The American defeat lead many soldiers to desert the Continental Army.

The British defeat marked the beginning of a steady decline in British military superiority

The American victory convinced France to ally with the United States.

The American Victory at the Battle of Yorktown.

The negotiation at the Treaty of Paris

The bravery o America soldiers at Valley Forge

The arrival of French aid after the Battle of Saratoga.