Event That Led to
The American Revolution
Introduction
On April 19th, 1775, in
Lexington,
Massachusetts
American and British
started war with one
another. What caused
this to happen? What
was the problem that
these two nations had
with each other? Quite a
few events led to the
American Revolution.
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The Beginning
Great Britain was in
tremendous debt due to
the French and Indian
war. Because of this,
they decided to tax the
United States. The US
did not take kindly to
this. As they were used
to, and proud of their
freedom. Great Britain
began taxing things like
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July, 2021
The Up Rising
These events cause
both parties to become
furious. They were not
solving any of their
problems. They decided
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known as “the shot that
tea and sugar. The
was heard around the
reason the colonizers
world”. 6,800 Americans
moved to America in the
died in the war.
first place was to seek a
better life for their
families. Great Britain
was making it hard for
them to become their
own country.
The Boston Massacre
One of the many events
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Revolution is the Boston
Massacre. In 1770, an The Results
angry mob of colonists
Because of this war,
confront British soldiers
America was born. This
in Boston. The
was the beginning of
colonizers were angry
when we could officially
that Great Britain was
begin to call ourselves a
taxing their goods. Led
nation. We gained
by Paul Revere and
complete freedom from
Samuel Adams, they
Great Britain and
stormed the British and
became America.
ended up shooting and
killing 5 men.