Causes of The Revolution

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    “Stamp Act” to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War.
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    The Causes of The Revolution

  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    seven British soldiers fired into a crowd of volatile Bostonians, killing five, wounding another six, and angering an entire colony.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts.
  • The Intolerable Act

    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

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