What Events Led To The American Revolution

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Many events led to the well-known, American Revolution. In 1754, the French battled against us—the British—during the French and Indian War—mini battles between us and the French over land like the Ohio River Valley. The war lasted for about seven years. The Natives originally sided with the French because they were a smaller, less intimidating group, but eventually sided with us because we started winning most of the battles. Another event that led it’s way to the Revolution is the Proclamation of 1763. The Proclamation, which angered me and many other colonists, banned colonial settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains—me and other settlers had to move east of the line. The reason for having this “line” was to avoid