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Six Interconnected Events That Lead To American Independence

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Six Interconnected Events That Lead to American Independence America had gone through a lot of hardships on the journey to becoming an independent country. Six major struggles and events that the original thirteen colonists went through that lead to their independent are the Great Awakening, the French and Indian War, the Boston Massacre, the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the Declaration of Independence, and the Treaty of Paris of 1783. The major American event that started it all was the Great Awakening. The Great Awakening was a religious revival that convinced the colonists to repent for their sins and to do good deeds (90-91). It was not just any regular religious movement, but it also united the colonists under one idea with a common history and shared experiences (91). The Great Awakening is important to the American independent’s history because it was started in America, by an American person, and for the American people to unite as a single American people. Since the colonists had united themselves and England for the most part allowed them to rule themselves, they are ready to expand their territory even farther, henced the French and Indian War. The second major events to follow up the Great Awakening is the French and Indian War. This war is important because it was started in America to further expand the colonies’ territory in order to control the trade routes of the Ohio Territory (107 & 111). Although the colonists were united with a common history and
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