What Are The Events That Led To The Revolutionary War

Road to the Revoluti6th periodAddisen MooreParagraph Number One: Introduction Have you ever wondered what events led to the Revolutionary War? Do you know why the Revolutionary War occurred? The Revolutionary War occurred because of a series of fighting & wars. The following events led to the Revolutionary War : The Navigation Acts of 1660, The French & Indian War, Pontiac’s Rebellion, Proclamation of 1763, The Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Declaratory Act of 1766, Townshend Act, Boston Massacre 1770, Boston Tea Party, and The Intolerable Acts. On the whole, all this traumatic fighting and wars are what we say caused the Revolutionary War. The 12 events listed above occurred for all sorts of reasons. It all started with the Navigation Acts of 1660.Paragraph 2: The Navigation Acts The
These Acts were designed to regulate colonial trade. Also these acts were to enable England to gather all taxes in the colonies. These acts were efforts that put a theory of mercantilism into real practice. The Navigation Acts, limited all colonial trade. This act forbade all colonist from trading items like cotton and sugar , and required Colonist to use English ships when trading. After that, all traded goods had to pass through English ports. Being put through all English ports, taxes and more taxes were out on these items. After The Navigation Acts , the French and Indian War is next.Paragraph 3: French and Indian War French and Indian War or Seven Years War. The French and Indian War was brought about when the French expanded into the Ohio River Valley. On top of expanding on land that the French didn’t own , a fur trade was being fought over. British soldiers were fighting against