Relacionar Columnas Causes of the American Rev.Versión en línea Looking at the reasons why the Colonies go to war with Britain por Robert Smith 1 1st Continental Congress 2 Stamp Act 3 Olive Branch Petition 4 Sugar Act 5 Intolerable Act 6 Tea Act 7 Boston Tea Party 8 Boston Massacre 9 Proclamation of 1763 10 2nd Continental Congress 11 Slogan used by the colonists protest Taxes 12 of the 13 Colonies met for the first time to discuss what to do in Response to British Taxes British response to the Boston tea party. It closed the port of Boston and reinstated the Quartering Act. No Taxation without representation Sons of liberty in response to the Tea Act dump tons of British tea into the sea at Boston Tax on Molasses; Colonies begin to Boycott Last chance at Peace with England. Sent from the Second Con. Congress Tax on paper products. Colonists hold the stamp act congress to discuss how to best deal with this tax. Sent the Olive Branch Created the Continental Army Selected George Washington to lead the Army Wrote the Declaration of Ind. 5 Innocent colony people are killed in an incident involving British soldiers. Crispus Attucks is the first killed. Stated no one was allowed to move out past the Appalachian Mountains. Angered the Colonists Lowering the the cost of British tea in order to collect taxes on it from Colonial citizens
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