Cause of American Revolution

  • Committees of Correspondence

    Brought together by Samuel Adams this helped spread information and propaganda through letters
  • Sugar Act

    This act was raise by sugar imports from west indies
  • Currency Act

    The colonial currency had caused a blow to the British trade and banned them from American Assemblies from issuing paper bills or bills of credit
  • Quartering Act

    The British ordered the colonists to let in or house the British soldiers if necessary
  • Stamp Act

    This involved tax stamps on many items and documents including playing cards, newspapers, and marriage licenses. The Prime Ministers George Grenville stated that this direct was intended for the colonies to pay for defense and previous taxes imposed by British had been indirect, or hidden
  • Boston Massarce

    The colonists and British clashed in Boston
  • Tea Act

    The British raise the tax on the tea
  • Tea party

    The colonist threw the tea overboard
  • Declaration of Independence

    the congress wrote the Declaration of Independence
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    These battles kick off the America Revolutionary war