Which event was most responsible for putting the British Colonies on the path toward independence from England

The 1770 Boston Massacre was only one in a series of events that led American colonists to revolt against Britain.

taxes

Explanation:

King George kept getting into expensive wars with other countries and taxed the colonies very heavily causing them to be angry and revolt.

the american revolution was by the middle and upper class, and the french was by the lower and middle class.