The Revolutionary War - 957 Words

â€Å"These are the times that try men’s souls.† Thomas Paine said this during the times leading up to the Revolutionary War. These times include: Navigation Act, French and Indian War, Sugar Act, The stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Townsend Act, The Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts. All of these events are important in leading to the Revolutionary War. This essay will go into detail about the events leading up to the Revolutionary War. Starting with, the Navigation Act. The Navigation Act was the first event leading up to the Revolutionary War. The Navigation Act is where British parliament passed a series of navigation acts. These navigation acts limited colonial trade by using the system of mercantilism. This also forbade the†¦show more content†¦They opened fire which then killed a French general. This started the French and Indian War. In the French and Indian War the British will defeat the French, Indians, and the Spanish. The French then signed the Treaty of Paris 1763 to end the war. This treaty allowed the colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutains. The Native Americans were not happy, so the chief started a rebellion known as Chief Pontiac’s Rebellion. Chief Pontiac was the chief of a group of Native Americans that fought on the French side. When the French signed the Treaty of Paris 1763 it allowed the British colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Moutains into Native American land. They didn’t like this so they kept fighting with the British. The British could not keep up the fighting, so they created many peace treaties until Chief Pontiac and British finally agreed with one. They finally created the Proclamation of 1763 to keep the British off their land. This ended his rebellion. After the war the British didn’t have a lot of money left. Therefore, they created and passed the Sugar act. This act put taxes on sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric, and printed calico. The colonist didn’t want to pay these taxes because they believed that it wasn’t their fault, so they shouldn’t have to pay for it. The thing that made them really mad was the fact that they were being taxed without a voice in