Factors in starting the American Revolution

  • Pontiac's Rebellion

    Pontiac had started to inlist men in any tribe from Lake Superior to lower Mississippi. Pontiac wanted to rebel against the British because, they were not treating the indians as good as the French were. Pontiac had given orders to have each tribe seige the nearest fort. Pontiac's first attack on a fort failed. Then on his second attack which took months, he had the Ojibwas, Wyandots, Ottawas, and Potawatamis.
  • End of French and Indian War

    The French and Indian War ended due to the Treaty of Paris.
  • Proclamation of 1763

  • Sugar Act

  • Currency Act

  • Stamp Act

  • The Quartering Act

  • The Stamp Act Congress

  • The Declaratory Act

  • The Townshed revenue act

  • The Boston Massacre

  • The Tea Act

  • The Boston Tea Party

  • The Ride of Paul Revere and William Dawe

  • Lexington and Concord