Discuss how all of the following helped cause the American Revolution:
(a) British tax policies of the 1760s, and the American response (Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Stamp Act Resolutions, Sons of Liberty,Declaratory Act)
(b) Growing tensions in Massachusetts from 1770-1775 (Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts,Battle of Lexington and Concord)
(c) Common Sense Finally, how was the Declaration of Independence shaped by these events, and why was it important?