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Beginning of the French and Indian War
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-warThe Fench and Indian War began in 1754. The French and Indian War resulted from ongoing frontier tensions in North America because of the clash between the English and Bristish over territory and wealth. This war was the bloodiest of the 18th century, and was the starter of the American Revolution. -
End of French and Indian War
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/frenchindian/summary.htmlThe end of the French and Indian War was in 1763. The results of the war ended French political and cultural influence in North America. England gained massive amounts of land and quickly strengthened its hold on the continent. Though the war seemed to strengthen England's hold on the colonies, the effects of the French and Indian War played a major role in the worsening relationship between England and its colonies, which led to the American Revolution. -
Proclamation of 1763
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htmThe Proclamation of 1763 was a celebration because it broke down many barriers and allowed for many oppurtunities for the colonists. The Proclamation also established four new defined colonies. The Proclamation line extended from the Atlantic coast at Quebec to the newly established border of West Florida. This led to the American Revolution because it made the Bristish jealous of all the land the colonies bagan to have. -
Stamp Act
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-actsThe Stamp Act was passed by the on March 22, 1765. The new tax was inforced on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. The money collected by the Stamp Act was to be used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier and other colonies. This led to the American Revolution because it angered colonists with the British. -
Boston Massacre
http://www.bostonmassacre.net/The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers on March 5, 1770. It was the result of tensions in the American colonies that had been growing since British troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768 to enforce the tax burden as a result of by the Townshend Acts. -
Tea Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_ActThe Tea Act occured in 1773. It was caused because the British began putting tax on the tea for the colonists. This angered the colonists because the British were beginning to make their new life almost impossible by making them pay tex on everything. This led to the American Revolution because it grew mreo tension between the colonists and the British which would have to come out sooner or later. -
Boston Tea Party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_PartyThe Boston Tea Party was a result of the Tea Act. The British began taxing the colonists when they would buy tea, and the colonists did not agree. One night, on December 16 of 1773, the colonists all got together and dumped all of England's tea on their ships into the harbor. This led to the American Revolution because it was really the first major act of rebellion from the colonists. -
Intolerable Acts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_ActsIntolerable Acts was a series of event the colonists suffered. It was basically where the Britsih would make cruel punishments for laws broken by the colonists. They did this mostly as a reaction to the Boston Tea Party. This led to the American Revolution because it was the British reacting to the colonists' rebellion. -
Lexington and Concord
http://www.ushistory.org/us/11c.aspLexington and Concord was plan put in action on April 19, 1775 in which British soldiers were palnning to attack Lexington to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock and then they would go to Concord and seize gunpowder. However, this plan failed when epople elaked the plan and colonial horeback riders set up signals that the British were coming. This led to the American Revolution because it showed the colonists that the British wanted to fight. -
Declaration of Independence
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/declaration/summary.htmlThe Declaration of Independence was signed by Thomas Jefferson in July of 1776. This document was basically declaring that the British colonies wanted freedom from the British all together. It stated that all men are equal, and everyone should have equal rights and not be controlled by anyone. This led to the American Revolution because it angered the British and they thought if they could defeat them in a war then they could still have control, so a war came about.
