1. Causes of the American Revolution 2

2.  - Clash between colonists & British soldiers in Boston  - British troops fired on crowd and five colonist died  - Crispus Attucks – first killed

3.  - A system used by the Sons of Liberty to circulatecolonist grievances (complaints) against Britain  - A system used by the Sons of Liberty to circulate colonist grievances (complaints) against Britain  - Committees of correspondence sprang upthroughout the colonies  - Committees of correspondence sprang up throughout the colonies

4.  - Passed by Parliament to save the East Indian Company  - This law placed a tax on tea and hurt colonial tea merchants

5.  - Organized by Sam Adams and the Sons of Libertyto protest the Tea Act  - Organized by Sam Adams and the Sons of Liberty to protest the Tea Act  - Colonist dressed as Indians and dumped Britishtea into Boston Harbor  - Colonist dressed as Indians and dumped British tea into Boston Harbor

7.  - New British laws to punish Massachusetts for theBoston Tea Party  - New British laws to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party  - Closed Boston Harbor until MA colonist paid for the ruined tea  - Took away certain rights of the MA colonist  - Also called the Coercive Acts

8.  - 55 delegates from all the colonies except Georgia were sent to Philadelphia to establish a politicalbody to represent American interest and challengeBritish control  - 55 delegates from all the colonies except Georgia were sent to Philadelphia to establish a political body to represent American interest and challenge British control  - Passed a resolution to boycott British goods, Cease British trade, and form militias  - Sent Olive Branch Petition to King George III asking him to treat colonist as British citizens with equal rights – he rejects this

10.  - British troops marched from Boston to Concord Massachusetts to take weapons stored there by the militia  - Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to Lexingtonto warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming  - Paul Revere and William Dawes rode to Lexington to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming  - By the time the British reached Lexington, the Minutemen were waiting and firing began  - No one knows who fired the first shots of the American Revolution – “ the shot heard round the world”  - This marks the first battles of the American Revolution!