Causes of the Revolution

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  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    This was a tax on paper goods and the colonies did not like this. They boycotted British goods and started riots.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Seven British soldiers shot at a crowd of eleven colonists, killing five and wounding six.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    American Protest on the British Tea Tax. The colonist boarded a British ship and dumped the crates of tea into the Boston Harbor.
  • The Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts

    Four laws passed by the British parliament to punish Massachusetts for the event of the Boston Tea Party.
    Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Justice Act, and The Quartering Act.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine stating how the colonists need to fight for their freedoms and how the new government should be ran.