and the colonists. The war started in 1754. The war was won by the British and colonists 

in 1763. This lead up to the Revolutionary War because King George III taxed the colonists 

for the war expenses for troops and supplies. The colonists were taxed without their own 

consent and during one of the unfair acts, the famous quote "No Taxation Without 

Representation" was born.

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caused mercantilism. This meant that the colonies were to get all of their raw metals and ship them to Britain in a 

colonial ship. Then, Britain would turn the raw  materials into manufactured goods. After they shipped them bak to the 

colonies, they were to be sold at an even higher price. An unbalanced system of trade. This lead up to the  

Revolutionary War because the colonists though that they should be able to trade with whoever they wanted and 

found that this act was unfair. They also found mercantilism unfair because they could have just had a colonial 

craftsman make the manufactured goods instead of shipping them all the way to Britain where they can be manufactured instead.

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like legal documents, newspaper, pamphlets, cards, and dice. Since paper especially was 

used very frequently in those days, they became angry at this law. The colonists also 

started to boycott in protest against the unfair prices on such common items.

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alcohol. The tax on tea really angered the colonists because they used 

these items frequently and did not pay more for these everyday items.

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soldiers come over so that they could enforce all of the laws. This angered them because it seemed 

unfair that they had to shelter the solders when they could've just live off of the money

the king could have provided for their own food and shelter.

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and caused the colonists to pay more for it. This act also caused the colonists to 

become more unified by boycotting this. They started to boycott in hopes of 

the British lowering the prices back to normal.

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caused the British to lose money. The British repealed the other acts to keep the colonists paying 

taxes on tea and to prove that the British Parliament still had power over all of the colonies. This 

lead up to the American Revolution because the colonists were still mad because they still had'nt

repealed the Tea act.

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Massachusetts Bay. Citizens were gathered around a group of British soldiers that were guarding the 

tax money that belonged to the king. The mob of colonists were jeering and throwing things like 

snowballs and sticks at the solders. The soldiers got hit; and then confused, accidentalyshot into the crowd 

and killed five people. This was then made into an over exaggerated engraving made by Paul 

Revere that he printed into his newspaper, the Boston Gazette. When the other colonies saw this,

they were angerd. This caused them to hate Britain even more while joining together to try and

overthrow their reign on them

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thought that this tax was unfair and committed a crime to prove their point. This was an act done by 

the colonists that were still enraged about this one tax. The colonists disguised themselves as Native 

Americans to board the three tea ships unnoticed. Then they dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston Harbor.

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for the Boston Tea Party. The British solely made these acts just to show that they still controlled the 

colonies and to punish them. One law closed down the Boston Harbor, the most crucial point of trade

from the colonies. The other two were to place more british troops in Massachusetts and enforce all 

of these new laws. The last one was that the british soldiers that were involved in the Boston Massacre

were to be tried in England, not in a colonial court. These acts angered the colonists and found these 

acts unfair and boycotted and protested against these laws.

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Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.. There was a variety of numbers of delegates from each colonies depending on either how much they wanted to be heard, or on how populated the colony was for there to be so 

many delegates to represent their ideas. They discussed how they wanted to fight Britain in their own ways. Some 

called for a peaceful resolution. While others wished for a war. They ended up deciding on a peaceful resolution 

and began to boycott the british goods until they agreed to repeal the Intolerable acts.

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loyalist, that the militia was secretly storing arms and gunpowder in Lexington. Paul Revere and William Dawes rode through the night 

warning people that the regulars are coming. They both took separate routes and then met up at Lexington. they also met another patriot

named Samuel Prescott. But on their way to Concord, Revere was captured and Dawes lost his horse. But Prescott managed to escape 

and warn the minutemen in Concord. Then in the morning of April fifth, the British arrived. They met the 77 colonists on a plain in 

Lexington. No one knows who shot first, but it would later become known as "the shot heard round the world". The militia was 

overwhelmed by the sheer numbers and their amount of experience. The colonists retreated and the British troops advanced further. 

When they reached Concord however, they were surrounded by hundreds of prepared colonists. They pushed the soldiers back, while still 

chasing them and shooting at them.

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decided on a non-violent solution. They decided on a petition. They created the Olive Branch Petition. They put 

an olive branch on it because it was an ancient greek symbol for peace. But when King George III got it, he only 

wanted to "bring the traitors to justice". But while making the petition, the congress also took on a more violent 

action. They made the Boston militia into the the Continental Army. They also made a man from Virginia named 

George Washington, the leader of the Army.

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to the crown. It also mentioned how trade in the colonies had gotten worse because they had to keep paying 

the price for all the wars that Britain had with other nations. Overall, it explained how much independence 

would help America's future and what needed to be done to achieve it. Thus, it was "Common Sense" to break 

off from Britain. This pamphlet became widely known and was extremely popular. Copies were sold in many 

places like taverns and meetings.

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company's sake. They were struggling to stay in business and the tax money would help them. It was also 

supposed to lower the prices of smuggled tea. It was meant to be threat to make them think that they had to 

buy Britain's tea or they'll raise the price even more. The colonists were angered by this because they had tea 

very frequently.

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