What Are The 15 Actions That Led To The Revolutionary War

There were 15 steps that led to the Revolutionary War. These 15 actions were made up of several acts and British power movements that led to the colonists to rebel against their former homeland. These 15 actions were as follows: The rejection of the Albany Plan of Union, the end of the French and Indian war, Navigation Acts, Molasses Act, Navigation Acts enforced,
Proclamation Act, Sugar and Currency Acts, Stamp and Quartering Acts, Stamp Act repealed,
Townshend Act, British troops in Boston, Townshend duties are lifted, East India Tea Act,
“Intolerable Acts”/Quebec Act, and lastly Additional troops to Boston. These along with the colonial responses led to the rebellion against Great Britain. The first two steps I will discuss is the
This only resulted in one of the biggest conflicts prior to the
Revolution, the Boston Massacre. A group of 24 soldiers were being heckled and thrown at by a group of colonists protesting the Brits. As the situation became hostile, the Lobster backs got into formation and were ready to fire. The soldiers heard someone say fire, which resulted in the shooting of 10 colonists and the killing of 5. This resulted in a trial that ended with no one in jail.
Following the Massacre was the lift of the Townshend Duties. After much scrutiny and the colonial boycott, the Brits decided to lift the Townshend Acts’ taxes. This resulted in a brief moment of compliance as the colonial boycott against British goods ended. Following the end of the boycott was East India Tea shipped to the colonies. The British government decided in 1773 that colonist could only buy tea from the East India Tea company, giving them the monopoly of the tea business. Government officials owned stock in the East
India Tea Company, thus conflict of interest ensued. The colonist responded with the boycott
Bay by the British government. This meant that all of Massachusetts was to be ruled by marshal law. The second action was the closing of the Port of Boston. The third action was the parliament passing the law to protect British officials form any form of disrespect from the colonist whether verbal or physical. And finally, the fourth was the broadening of the
Quartering Act resulting in more British soldiers. The colonists responded by creating the first national government called the Continental Congress. They would meet in secret to discuss how to move forward towards the goal of home rule. Now the Quebec Act was the cherry on top for the colonists’ choice for home rule. The Brits decided to give the French home rule first over the colonist which truly was the gasoline on the fire for the colonist. The Continental Congress decided to promote home rule to get as many colonists as possible on their side. The final action that led to the Revolutionary War was the sending of more troops to
Boston. The colonists knew that the Brits were getting worried when they sent additional troops to Boston. This made the colonists furious, and they decided they wanted war. The