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French and Indian War
While this was not the start of the American Revolution, it caused much disloyalty and uprise of the British Americans because of the unfair tax caused by the French and Indian War. -
End of French and Indian War
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Stamp Act
Directly after the war, Great Britain was overwhelmed with debt. So, they taxed the colonists almost any way possible. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot into an angry mob out of confusion. A few american colonists were killed, further festering the tension between the two parties. -
Boston Tea Party
Fed up with the tax on tea, a few bostonions revolted and dumped tea from British ships. -
Second Continental Congress
This time, the Continental Congress enacted the Continental Army, a way of finalizing the upcoming, unrelenting war.