Causes Of American Revolution By:Kai Waldman

By Kai Waldman

  • French Indian War

    French Indian War
    Known as the "seven year war"

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    Act that put taxes on all Colonist goods and was required on all printed paper.

  • Townshend acts

    Townshend acts
    A series of acts passed by Charles Townshend

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    Killing of five colonists by British citizens

  • Tea act

    Tea act
    Was to cut smuggled tea and to help the tea business thrive.Tax on tea

  • Boston tea party

    Boston tea party
    Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty were in Boston harbor and threw 342 crates tea in the water

  • Intolerable act

    Intolerable act
    Meant as a punishment for the colonists after the Boston tea party.

  • 1st continental congress

    1st continental congress
    Meeting of delegate from 12 of the 13 colonies.

  • Coercive Acts

    Coercive Acts
    Made in direct response to Boston tea party

  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord
    First military engagements in the American revolutionary war.

  • Publishing of Common Sense

    Publishing of Common Sense
    Pamphlet used to spread ideas in favor of American Revolution, by Thomas Pain

  • @nd continental congress

    @nd continental congress
    The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved to independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence