What were the long and short term causes of the war of independence?

I believe this war is actually called the French and indian war or the Revolutionary war, thanks for helping!|||The French / Indian wars are completely different to the Rev wars,


The former was against the French and Indians, the later was against the British, almost a civil war but fought overseas rather than domestically, from a Brit point of view anyway.











|||The following events, while not the only 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. For more detailed information about each event, see the sites listed below.





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鈥檚 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.