What events led to the revoloutionary war?

Several factors summed up to produce the outbreak of the Revolutionay War. Many grievances and resentments accumulated for decades before the explosion.

Heavy and burdensome taxation after the end of the French Indian War was a motive of deep discontent in the colonies; the British crown has highly indebted after the war and levied taxes on the colonies. Together with the high taxes they were asked to pay, colonists bitterly complained about lacking political representation in Parliament; "taxation without representation" was a popular complaint in those times.

The use of local land properties and buildings of colonists as barracks if necessary by the British troops, often without consent given the laws, incensed colonists. And there was harsh treatment by soldiers and officers. These wer abuses of power.

Lastly, trade restrictions imposed by the crown policies also made colonists resentful, they wanted more opportunities of global trade.