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French and Indian War
William Pitt thought that the colonial conflict was the key to building a vast British Empire while others disagreed. It led to the AMerican Revolution because it caused taxists and that angered the colonists. -
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All of France’s allies in Europe had either made a separate peace with Prussia or had been defeated which ended the French and Indian War.It led to the AMerican Revolution because it caused taxists and that angered the colonists. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III issued a proclamation that forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains because he wanted to make the Native Americans less angry, This helped lead to the American Revolution because settlers were not aloud to move west but ignored that and moved west anyways. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was made so people could have special stamps on papers and such and make them legal.
The Stamp Act helped led to the American Revolution because it was a direct tax on the colonists and that led an uproar against the English settlers. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. It helped start the American Revolution because parliament repealed all the Townshend duties except the tax on tea. -
Boston Massacre
The British soldiers and citizens brawled in streets and fought in bars to start the Boston Massacre. The Boston Massacre helped cause the American Revolution because considered by many historians to be the first battle of the Revolutionary War. -
Tea Act
When colonists had to pay for tea. It helped cause the American Revolution because the main point of the act was to bail out the floundering East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was for a protest against taxation and also where the people was seeking to boost the troubled East India Company. This helped lead to the American Revolution because it resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war. -
Intolerable Acts
The many different acts of the Intoravle Acts was The Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, and Quebec Act.
This helped lead to the American Revolution because the north's legislation worked to pull the colonies together and pushed them down the road towards war. -
Lexington and Concord
It started because Joseph Warren learned from a source inside the British high command that Redcoat troops would march that night on Concord. The battles helped start the American Revolution because there was tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British.authorities -
Declaration of Independence
The people signed the Declaration of Independence so other people would not have to be part of the British Empire. The Declaration of Independence helped cause the American Revolution because the British wanted to be in control of everybody.
