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 Proclamation of 1763 2 Olive Branch Petition 3 2nd Continental Congress 4 Tea Act 5 Slogan used by the colonists protest Taxes 6 Boston Massacre 7 Boston Tea Party 8 Sugar Act 9 1st Continental Congress 10 Intolerable Act 11 Stamp Act Lowering the the cost of British tea in order to collect taxes on it from Colonial citizens British response to the Boston tea party. It closed the port of Boston and reinstated the Quartering Act. Stated no one was allowed to move out past the Appalachian Mountains. Angered the Colonists Tax on Molasses; Colonies begin to Boycott 12 of the 13 Colonies met for the first time to discuss what to do in Response to British Taxes No Taxation without representation Last chance at Peace with England. Sent from the Second Con. Congress Tax on paper products. Colonists hold the stamp act congress to discuss how to best deal with this tax. Sons of liberty in response to the Tea Act dump tons of British tea into the sea at Boston Sent the Olive Branch Created the Continental Army Selected George Washington to lead the Army Wrote the Declaration of Ind. 5 Innocent colony people are killed in an incident involving British soldiers. Crispus Attucks is the first killed.