causes of Revolutionary War

A detailed Summary of causes of Revolutionary War


During the late seventeen hundreds, many tumultuous events

resulted in Colonial opposition to Great Britain. The conditions of

rights of the colonists will slowly be changed as the constriction of

the parliament becomes more and more intolerable. During the Seven

Years' War England was not only alarmed by the colonists' insistence

on trading with the enemy, but also with Boston merchants hiring James

Otis inorder to protest the legality of the writs of assistance

(general search warrants) used to hunt out smuggled goods. "let the

parliament lay what burthens they please on us, we must, it is our

duty to submit and patiently bear them, till they will be pleased to

relieve us....". This is a very strong dictum, that in 1764, the

colonists were of a submissive nature, and were weakly pleading for

self-autonomy. This small fire of anger will become a huge

conflagration as the rights are slowly rescinded.

On October 19, 1765 the Stamp Act Congress and Parliamentary

Taxation committee's passed some laws that attempted to strengthen the

grip of the English crown. "I.That his Majesty's subjects in these

colonies, owe the same allegiance to the Crown of Gr


and to institute new government, laying it's foundations on such

the commercial benefits of it's respective members excluding every

society would have these rights necessary for self-autonomy. The

who are under the british control. One important element of the



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