Three Major Events Leading To The American Revolution

The American Revolution had a total of 64,000 casualties. There were a series of events that led to this revolution. Three major events that led to the American revolution, the taxes that the british imposed unfairly on the colonists, battles of lexington and concord and the common sense pamphlet. The British placed many taxes on the colonists. They did this because they lost an enormous amount of money during the french and indian war. They needed to make money so they decided to tax many items that the colonists bought often. They taxed books, newspapers, pamphlets legal documents, ship cargo, playing cards, trading items, glass, tea, paint, lead and dice. The colonists were not only taxed they were unfairly taxed without having any representation in Parliament. The colonists only supported the british through the french and indian war. The british in return for the colonists valiant efforts created huge taxes that costed the colonists a lot more money than usual.
Leaders amongst the colonists rose up to rally the people together. The british could not afford to have the colonists rebelling like this so they gathered a force of 700 redcoats and they marched to lexington and concord. The colonists discovered this powerful marching force and so they quickly warned there leaders who fled the cities to find a safer place to stay. The colonists were sick of the british so they rallied together a very small army to defend lexington. The british attacked and the colonists tried to defend but failed. The battle lasted around ten minutes. The british marched on to concord where many more colonists had gathered to fight them off. The british were overwhelmed and were forced to flee. They retreated for a full twenty miles losing soldiers all along the way from the chasing colonists. This was the start of all out