Stages of the Revolution from 1763 -1775One of the most important events in American history was the Revolution. Before 1763, which marked the start of the Revolution, America and Britain were on good terms. The British helped America attempt to defeat the Indians for the Ohio Valley. A year after the British "efforts" to help America reclaim the Ohio Valley, something happened... Prime Minister George Grenville created the Sugar Act of 1764. This law, in short, taxed the sugar. The American colonists still had power thanks to the royal veto. The colonists were outraged: Grenville taxed the main ingredient of bread and alcohol, two of America's favorite products. The colonists may also have understood that this tax was paying for the British's problems. Colonial protests worked somewhat, but the Quartering Act of 1765 required certain colonies to provide food and housing for British troops. The same year, 1765, George Grenville crossed the line again but this time even further, he created a Stamp Act. It was also about getting American colonists to “support” British military force. This law was horrible, you had to put a stamp on almost fifty different items, from playing cards to your own marriage certificate, as proof to certify payment of tax. George Grenville's defense was that the colonies were only paying this for their defense and that Britain had endured this same style of taxation much longer and more heavily. Grenville was undoubtedly the man who lit the fire in the eyes of Americans on the path to the Revolution. Angry American colonists wanted to end the Stamp Act and so proposed “No Taxation Without Representation.” The Americans declared that no Americans sat in Parliament and therefore no taxes should be imposed on Americans. Only colonial legislatures could legally tax Americans. Grenville saw this and said that Americans were represented in Parliament, his rebuttal was "virtual representation" even though America never voted for a member of Parliament, all had to represent the British soldiers. These fights continued and America was asked to think about gaining its own political independence, which ultimately led to revolutionary consequences. The hated Stamp Act led to the Stamp Act Congress of 1765, which brought twenty-seven distinguished delegates from nine colonies to New York..