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French and Indian War
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1750-1775/french-indian-war It was the North American conflict between Great Britian and France and it provided Great Britian with enormous tetorial gains. This lead to the American Revolution because it weakened the French which lead them to boycotting -
Stamp Act
http://www.history.org/history/teaching/tchcrsta.cfm It required people to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. This lead to the American revolution because when the British Empire was in debt they argued that only their representative assemblies could tax them which made them resort to mob violence -
Proclamation of 1763
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htmb It's a royal proclamation that closed down westward expansion. It led to the American revolution because it denied people goin to the other side of the Applachian Mountains. -
Townshend Acts
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/townshend-acts The Townshend hoped the acts would defray imperial expenses in colonies but many americans viewed it as an abuse of power. This lead to the American Revolution because the people wer mad about the taxes that had to pay and it led to mobs and boycotting. -
Tea Act
http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/the-tea-act The final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britian on American colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party An act of protest against taxation. -
Intolerable Acts
http://www.landofthebrave.info/intolerable-acts.htm A term of punitive laws derected toward Massachusetts for their defiance in throwing tea shipments in the water. -
Boston Masacre
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/massacre.htm The Boston Masacre was a street fight between a patriot mob and a squad of British soldiers. This lead the the American Revolution because it started fights and mob violence -
Lexington and Concord
http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord Hundreds of Boston soldiers marched down to a nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache -
Declaration of Independence
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/ A statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting that said that the 13 originial colonies were not a part of the British Empire.