1. The French and Indian War (1754-1763)
- Caused a lot of debt for the British, they taxed the colonies to pay it.
2. The Stamp Act of 1765
- Taxes were imposed directly on the colonists for the first time.
- The colonists protested and boycotted the British goods, led by the Sons of Liberty.
3. The Boston Massacre of 1770
- British troops fired into a crowd of colonists.
4. The Boston Tea Party of 1773
- The colonists destroyed a shipment of tea in Boston Harbor.
5. The Intolerable Acts of 1774
- The British passed laws to punish the colonists.
6. The First Continental Congress of 1774
- The colonists met to discuss their rights and how to resist the British.
7. The battles of Lexington and Concord of 1775
- The first military battles of the American Revolution.