Place the events leading up to the American Revolution in the correct order to
show the changes that ultimately led the colonists to declare independence from
Great Britain and fight in a revolution to gain their freedom from monarchy.
After the Boston Tea Party, the British responded with more legislation
including the Quartering Act, which forced colonists to House British
soldiers.
Colonists sent delegates to the First Continental Congress and started
forming militias.
To reduce the debt from the French and Indian War, England began
taxing the colonists.
The Boston Massacre left 5 colonists dead, and most colonists
infuriated.
The Proclamation of 1763 was passed, forbidding colonists from
settling west of the Appalachians and tensions increased.
The colonist objected because they were not being represented in
Parliament.
Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and the
Revolutionary War started with the Battles of Lexington and Concord.