1. Causes of the American Revolution
Part II

2. Tea Act 1773 Cause: British East India Company bankrupt
Intent To save British East India Comp.
 Get colonists to pay taxes/stop smuggling by offering cheaper tea
Effect  Leads to Boston Tea Party

3. Boston Tea Party 1773

4. Boston Tea Party December 16, 1773
Cause: Colonists opposed to taxation without repr.  Prevent tea from being unloaded in Boston harbor
Intent:  Sons of Liberty throw tea into the harbor  To protest Tea Act
Effect: Intolerable Acts
 No chance of reconciliation

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

6. First Continental Congress June 1774
Cause The Intolerable Acts
Intent meet in Philadephia, PA  protest to repeal Intolerable Acts
Effect Agree to meet again in one year

7. Battles of Lexington and Concord April 1775
1st Battle of Revolutionary War
Cause Tensions rise after Intolerable acts
Intentto keep British from seizing guns/ammo
Effect-Began the revolutionary War  Leads to Declaration of Independence

8. Second Continental Congress
Cause Revolutionary War begins
Intent Reconciliation vs Independence  Olive Branch Petition sent (peace fails)
Effect Declaration of Independence

9. Declaration of Independence
Cause Olive Branch Petition fails
Intent To separate from Great Britain
Effect Revolutionary War continues/United States are formed