Causes of Revolution War
The American Revolution had its beginnings in the french and indian war. For seven years, Britian battled the french and indian nations in the colonies. After winning the war, Britian had a huge debt to pay. To pay these expenses, George Grenville, who was secretary of Treasury in England, came up with a plan. He reasoned that the debt should be payed by taxing the colonies because the war had been fought to protect their land (the ohio river valley). Englanfd then took steps to tax the colonists and cut spending for the colonies anyway possible. The first such act was the proclamation of 1763. This said that the colonists could not cross the appalachian mountains for hunting or farming. This was done to cut the area britian had to guard with soldiers. The colonists, however, took this as a way of controlling them and making them subserviant to England. The rest of the causes will depend on this idea: Perception is more important than reality. Even though Britian was only trying to save money to pay their debt, the colonist had the perception that Britian was trying to starve them and prevent them from growing economically. Britian followed with a series of taxes on certain items. The first was the sugar act. The real protest bega
After the boston tea party, Britian was sick of America's protest. They began to send soldiers to boston to take control of the situation. They also reaffirmed their power by passinf the declatory act, which said that parliament had complete power over the colonies. They also passed a quartering act, so that soldiers could be housed with civilians in boston. This new found military presence angered the colonists. One night, an angry mob began throwing snowballs at some soldiers. Confusion set in and the british fired and killed 5 bostonians. This was the boston massacre. The british were then painted in the american mind as ruthless tyrants and savages. After the boston massacre, Britian passed the coercive acts ( called the intolerable acts in America). These acts made boston a miltary district ruled by the english General Gage. It also closed the port of boston and passed a new quartering act. The british thought that the other colonies would stay out of this situation, but they were wrong. The other colnies formed into a body called the continential congress. It was an extra legal body, which was elected to organize boycotts and oppose british rule. The british tar
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