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The following events may be considered major causes of the conflict that developed between Great Britain and the American colonies resulting in the Americans declaring independence from the Mother Country and the American Revolutionary War.

1. The Colonial wars for Empire, in the 1600-1700s, ending with the French and

Indian War (Seven Years War) 1763.

2. The British Policy of Salutary Neglect--failure to enforce the Navigation Laws.

3. The slow but steady erosion of British control over the American Colonies.

4. Pontiac's Rebellion and the Proclamation of 1763.

5. The Sugar Act of 1764

6. The Stamp Act of 1765 and the Stamp Act Congress in the colonies.

7. Colonial virtual representation versus actual representation in Parliament.

8. The Boston Massacre, 1770.

9. The Gaspee Affair, 1772

10. The Tea Act of 1773 and the Boston Tea Party.

11. The Intolerable (Coercive) Acts, 1774.

12. Meeting of the Continental Congress in 1774.

13. The Battles of Lexington and Concord.

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