John Howe was born October 14th in 1754 , the same year that the French and Indian War or Seven Years ' War ( 1754 – 1763 ) began . It was the consequences of this conflict that motivated the British to demand greater taxes from , and assert greater control over , their American colonies and it was the consequences of this conflict that raised and disappointed the English-American colonists ' expectations about their opportunities for expansion , all of which contributed to the colonists ' determination to revolt against an increasingly costly , authoritarian , and obstructive British rule . John Howe was eight years old at the end of this war on September 7 , 1763 , so he grew to maturity influenced by the events that followed , such as colonial resistance to the Stamp Act ( 1765 – 66 ) , when he was 11 , and the violence of the Boston Massacre ( 1770 ) , when he was 16 , in which British troops opened fire on a mob of Bostonians who were brawling with the troops
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
John Howe (loyalist)