1. Events Leading To the Revolutionary War

2. French And Indian War 1775-63 War fought between Great Britain and its two enemies, the French and the Indians of North America. Most of the battles were in Canada. American colonists, including George Washington, fought with the British in this war, which lasted from 1754 to 1763. The British won the war and won the right to keep Canada and several other possessions in the New World.

3. Stamp Act 1765 First direct British tax on American colonists. Instituted in November, 1765. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it. The Stamp, of course, cost money. The Stamp Act gave the colonists a target for their rage. Indeed, the Sons of Liberty was formed in response to this Act. The Stamp Act Congress also gave the colonists a model for the Continental Congress.

4. Stamp Act 1765

5. Boston Massacre March 5, 1770 Shooting of five American colonists by British troops on March 5, 1770. One person, an African-American man named Crispus Attacks, was killed. British had guns, and they did open fire. The Boston Massacre deepened American distrust of the British military presence in the colonies.

6. Boston Massacre March 5, 1770

7. Boston Tea Party 1775 Angry and frustrated at a new tax on tea ,American colonists calling themselves the Sons of Liberty and disguised as Mohawk Native Americans boarded three British ships Dumped 342 whole crates of British tea into Boston harbor on December 16, 1773. Tea was eventually boycotted throughout the colonies.

8. Boston Tea Party 1775

9. First Continental Congress 1774 Two groups of people from all over the 13 Colonies who came together to discuss liberty. The First Continental Congress was a group of 56 delegates from 12 colonies (all except Georgia) who Met in Philadelphia in September of 1774. Act together in response to the Intolerable Acts. Met in secret because they didn't want Great Britain to know that they were united.

10. First Continental Congress 1774

11. And Then…War!