Causes of the revolution

By Matthew Chupp

  • Boston Tea Party

    They dumped all the tea into the harbor because they were mad at the british

  • Stamp act

    In 1765 The british made the colonies put a stamp on everything

  • Boston Massacre

    British Soldiers shot and killed 5 innocent people

  • The Intolerable Act

    a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.

  • Common Sense

    a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.