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