Revolutionary War Important Events

There were quite a few significant events that led up to the Revolutionary War. The Americans relied on the British Empire to turn there raw product into sellable goods but they became so fed up with all the taxes they had to pay and all the rules the royal government was imposing on them. The Americans were getting tired of the British pushing them around and trying to dictate their lifestyle. The Americans became frustrated and disgruntled when they imposed all their acts on them such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act and the Intolerable Acts. During this time they decided to fight back in the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea party. These were some pretty notable events that led up to the American Revolution. To begin the prime minister, George Grenville, imposed the Sugar Act, in 1764, on the Americans. Grenville did this to lower the tax on molasses and raised the penalties if they did not pay these taxes. He felt that by lowering the tax on the molasses that it would entice the Americans to pay instead of trying to smuggle it but he was wrong they still tried to smuggle it even though the
He again did this in hopes to pay off the national debt. The Stamp Act was a taxation on any official paper and it must have a stamp on it showing the tax was paid. Grenville was warned that the Americans would not be in favor of this, so he countered the rebellion with paying the stamp distributer eight percent of the revenue collected for the stamp. The Americans still did not like this, in fact in August of 1765 the stamp distributers had all resigned and in October of 1765 the Stamp Act Congress met. These men met to petition the taxes that the Americans had to pay. At this time they still viewed themselves as British subjects but felt that these taxes were a violation of their rights. This petition was sent to the king and Parliament in hopes to protect their rights as British