1. Causes of the American Revolution
Part II

2. Tea Act 1773

3. Tea Act 1773
Cause: British East India Company bankrupt  Tax on Tea remains but colonists just buy smuggled tea.
Intent assist the British East India Company, grant monopoly on sale of tea in colonies
 Cut down on smuggled tea, by making legal tea cheaper.
 Get colonies to agree to pay tax on tea, by making it cheaper.
Effect Colonists angered by tax
 Leads to Boston Tea Party

4. Boston Tea Party 1773

5. Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773
Cause: Colonists opposed to taxation without representation  Prevent tea from being unloaded in Boston harbor
Intent:  Sons of Liberty organize mob to throw tea into the harbor  To protest Tea Act
Effect: Britain responds harshly with Intolerable Acts
 Point of no return…

6. Intolerable Acts 1774 Cause Boston Tea Party
Intent to Punish the colonies, and force obedience
 Port of Harbor closed  Put MA Gov’t under British control
Effects Colonists organize the First Continental Congress

7. First Continental Congress
Cause The Intolerable Acts
Intent meeting of colonists in Philadephia, PA  organize a unified protest repeal Intolerable Acts
Effect Olive Branch Petition sent to King  Ignored by Great Britain  Second Continental Congress takes more radical action

8. Battles of Lexington and Concord
1st Battle of Revolutionary War
CauseEscalating tensions between British and colonists after Intolerable Acts
Intentto keep British from seizing armory
Effect-Began the revolutionary War  Leads to Declaration of Independence