1. Taxation without Representation: One of the primary reasons for the Revolutionary War was the imposition of taxes by the British government on the American colonies without their consent or representation in the decision-making process. Taxes such as the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, and the Tea Act were seen as unjust and oppressive by the American colonists, who believed that they had the right to make their own laws and determine how their money would be spent.
2. Intolerable Acts: The Intolerable Acts, also known as the Coercive Acts, were a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party in 1773. These laws further inflamed tensions between the colonists and the British government. The acts included the Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the tea destroyed in the Tea Party; the Massachusetts Government Act, which reduced the power of the Massachusetts colonial assembly and increased the power of the British governor; the Administration of Justice Act, which allowed British officials accused of crimes in the colonies to be tried in Britain rather than in the colonies; and the Quartering Act, which required colonists to provide housing and supplies to British soldiers.