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The French and Indian War was when the Americans started rebelling against the British. This war revolved around competition for land, and trade routes, practicing mercantilism (mercantilism is what happens when imports and exports are maximized in a union), as well as the French controlling the bever trade. This was a spark towards rebellion because it was the original dispute of when the rebellion started between Americans and the British, it was resolved in 1763 by the Treaty of Paris.
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The proclamation line of 1763 was what declared the end to westward expansion and forbade settlements in the Ohio River Valley, this line went along the Appalachian Trail, along the East Coast, which the British controlled at the time. The reason for this potentially leading into rebellion is the fact it caused a dispute between the Americans and potential settlers lacking land.
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The Sugar Act was the first tax King George III placed on the American colonies that placed a tax on molasses and sugar in an act to enact control, generate tax revenue, and pay back the ongoing debt from the French and Indian War. The goal was to decrease smuggling and decrease taxes from the Molasses Act.This sparked rebellion because it made the Americans believe the British parliament was not upholding their rights
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The Stamp act was a tax placed on all imports and exports made out of paper, specifically newspapers and other printed goods, when the British enacted this, they cause the uprising of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty based out of Massachusetts, as well as a non importation agreement and significant boycotting of all paper products in an effort to get the tax repealed.
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The Boston Massacre was an event in which a line of British soldiers shot their muskets into a crowd of people after thinking they heard their commanding officer say fire, when the citizens of Boston were harassing them. This was a direct result of the Townshend Acts. It moved towards the rebellion by enacting propaganda giving people motivation to rebel.
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The Boston Tea party was when the Sons of liberty boarded a ship full of British Tea dressed as Mohawk Indians; took millions of boxes worth of tea and dumped it into the Boston Harbor. This was a direct result of the Tea act and how the British were in debt from the war. This caused rebellion because King George III saw It as a threat to the British Empire. The result of this was the king sending twenty thousand troops to Boston and reducing the colony to a State of Dependance.
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The Boston Port Bill was a direct result of King George III's reaction to the Boston Tea Party, this was when the British Parliament closed down Boston Harbor until the amount of money lost during the Tea Party was paid for, significantly depleting the amount of imports and exports the colonies could receive out of the British Harbor, this worked towards the revolution because once again, the colonists had come to the understanding their rights had been violated.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were two of the most influential battles after the 1st Continental Congress, they revolved around holding back the British and using methods with lamps in houses. The Lexington militia and Paul revere are in reference to the "shot heard around the world" holding off the British for about an hour. This pushed toward revolution because it allowed the Americans to push the British back to Boston ambushing them and shooting them down.
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The battle of Bunker Hill and Breeds Hill resulted from the 2nd Continental Congress, this was the first major battle of the American Revolution. Because of the significant amount of losses the British held, the American's morale was boosted and gave them a good head start to the Revolution and the war coming.
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The 2nd Continental Congress met in response to the battles of Lexington and Concord. John Adams was the one who urged independence, he prefaced that the intolerable acts were ruining Boston's economy. They went over the aspects of reconciliation vs independence; not all of them were for it. This resulted in George Washingtons' nomination for the leader of the Army of Virginia. The 2nd Continental Congress was a plot for independence and the course of the war which inducted rebellion.