The cause of the American Revolution began when Great Britain stopped paying attention to the colonies, and absorbed into its own affairs, politely 'ignoring' the colonies it started. Everything else that triggered the minds of these revolutionaries was the effect caused by Britain's salutary neglect of the American colonies. When the early settlers came to the newly discovered continent of America, their intentions were rather simple. Beginning from the Pilgrims in Plymouth and the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay colony, God was the main focus of their colonization. Both groups were upset of the development of the church of England, and in attempt to purify it, they sought new lives in the colonies.

The development of Jamestown in Virginia was a concept similar to the ones used during the 1500s when exploration was promoted: for gold, glory

Meanwhile, the Revolutionary spirit was being stirred among themselves as organizations like the First Continental Congress pass resolutions protesting Parliamentary interference in the colonies in response to the Intolerable Acts. The colonists didn't need the British anymore. Though Great Britain had protected and defended the colonies, it would have done the same for another country for the sake of trade and dominion. The colonists knew that. They used the distance as proof that God had a part in the motive for them to break away. Wasn't it also absurd that a country was being ruled by an island? Then, why did Great Britain still insist on playing a role in their lives? They didn't have nor did they want any connection with the British any more. And then, it hit.

Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet "Common Sense". Paine's ideas inspired them to take the road which led to the Revolution. He brought forth the right ideas at the right time. Great Britain, he said, was not the mother country, since mothers don't turn red-coated thugs loose on their children. He even denied the protection of Great Britain, saying the motive of Great Britain was interest, not attachment, and that it had not protected the colonies from their (the colonies') enemies on their (the colonies') account, but rather from Great Britain's enemies and its own account. "... France and Spain never were, nor perhaps ever will be [our] enemies as Americans, but as ... subjects of Great Britain." Ideas from the Enlightenment had lingered on until this era and brought forth through the words and thoughts of Thomas Paine.

Their rights were being subjugated. When British imposed the Sugar Act, (tax on imports of sugar) the colonists protest and boycott. The results are the same with the Stamp Act as well as the Declamatory Act. When British tries to impose any kind of taxes, the colonists revolt by other ignoring the Acts, boycotting, smuggling the goods taxed upon, or even newspaper attacks. They felt it was unfair to be taxed when they had no voice about it, also knows as "taxation without representation." When the British impose the Intolerable Acts, the colonists respond with the "Boston Tea Party". Led by the Sons of Liberty, the Bostonians dump tea into the Boston harbor in protest. As a result, the British close down

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