The American Revolution: one of the events that had turned America to what it is today. But what caused the Revolution to happen? The Revolution started in 1775 and ended in 1783. It took place in America’s original 13 colonies, the British colonies, a nd the East Coast of America. It was the British: soldiers, redcoats, and loyalists VS the american colonists: minutemen and patriots. While there were multiple reasons why the American Revolution began, the most important reasons were Taxation without representation, unconstitutional acts of the parliament, and colonial responses against Britain. The most important reason that caused the American Revolution is taxation without representation. In a writing by John Adams, he wrote on how unfair …show more content…
In a document on the Boston Massacre, it describes all the events in the Massacre. The document shows, “a group of young men began pelting some British soldiers with snowballs and curses.”. This quote shows how it was the colonists that started the fight. It caused the American Revolution because after the colonists attacked the British, they defended themselves and killed 5 colonists. The British killing the colonists was what started the American Revolution, so if the colonists did not attack the British thoughtlessly, than the Boston Massacre would not of happened in the first place. Also, in an eyewitness account of the Boston Tea party, it shows everything that the colonists did in the Boston Tea Party (Document 7). The document says “we had thus broken and thrown overboard every tea chest to be found in the ship, while those in the other ships were disposing of the tea in the same way.” There were many other ways the colonists could of told the British they would not pay the taxes, but they did a direct attack. The British’s punishment was placed because they knew it was the colonists during the attack. If they were a little bit more sneaky, than they could of have the same effect without having to face punishment. So, since they were “caught” the colonies had to face punishment, which kind of led to the American Revolution. The colonist’s actions were also a part of
What started the whole revolution was America’s need for independence from Britain. The Americans wanted liberty and to be free from the British. They believed in being free more than probably any other country, and were willing to fight for it, too. Americans saw liberty as something everyone should be given. (By everyone, I mean white males.) Because of this, they fought in the Revolutionary War to win back their freedom...
The American Revolution, or otherwise known as the American War of Independence, was taken place between the years of 1775-1783. The war was fought between Great Britain and the 13 British North American colonies. The American Revolution caused a series of traumatic events. The American colonists were justified in waging war because the British seized the rights of the colonists, the American colonists did not have a say in Parliament, the Boston Massacre, and incoherent decisions involving taxes by the British King.
During the late 18th century the first conflict in history involving the colonists was formed. The British began to force colonists to follow laws that violated their natural rights which involved: Rights to life, to liberty, and to property. The American Revolution created mobs in response to the taxes that were imposed by the British Government, due to their financial crisis in which British suffered from the French and Indian War. Although the main cause of this revolution cannot be blamed on any one event, there was a series of events that ultimately lead to the American Revolution. There were many causes that angered the colonists in which caused him to rebel against the British. Although some colonists rebelled because they believed that the king of England was a tyrant, others chose to be loyal to the king and appreciate his rules amongst the colonists.
The American Revolution began for many reasons, some are; long-term social, economic, and political changes in the British colonies, prior to 1750 provided the basis for and started a course to America becoming an independent nation under it's own control with its own government. Not a tyrant king thousands of miles away. A huge factor in the start of the revolution was the French and Indian War during the years of 1754 through 1763; this changed the age-old bond between the colonies and Britain, its mother. To top it off, a decade of conflicts between the British rule and the colonists, starting with the Stamp Act in 1765 that eventually led to the eruption of war in 1775, along with the drafting of The Declaration of Independence in 1776.
The American revolution all began because the colonies did not want to be under British Parliament. The colonies had no representative in Parliament, so the colonists felt the British had no say so in the colonies. This started with the British imposing taxes on imports and exports from the colonies. The British started the...
...colonist was taxed and oppressed by the British government. To list each reason that the colonists had to start a war with Britain would be impossible, but the main, igniting reason was that the British taxed and oppressed the colonists. Without the taxation of the colonists, the American Revolution would never have begun, and perhaps the world today would look very differently.
There were many reasons and events that led to the American Revolution, but it really all boils down to England being selfish. They wanted to make as much money as they possibly could off the new colonies, feeling a sense of entitlement, as they had provided funds and supplies to the settlers to make the trip in the first place. The British Parliament enacted laws and taxes that affected the economies and the lives of those in the new colonies, but for the benefit of England. The new Americans were not given the same rights under the Parliament as the British people, nor did they have a say in what the Parliamentary decisions. At one point the colonist had enough and began to protest and fight back, leading them down the American Road to Revolution. The Americans no longer wanted to be under Britain’s thumb, and looking for solutions, and knowledge to change that. This led them to a series of actions that began the American Revolution.
The American Revolution had many causes. Long-term social, economic, and political changes in the colonies before 1750 provided the basis for an independent nation with representative political institutions. More immediately, the French and Indian War (1754-1763) changed the relationship between the colonies and the Mother land. Finally, a decade of conflicts between the British government and the colonists that began with the Stamp Act in 1765, led to the outbreak of war in 1775 and the Declaration of Independence the 4th of July of 1776.
The main causes behind the American Revolution included the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts, and the Quebec Act. The idea of a split between the United States and Great Britain was first thought of after the Stamp Act. The rift between the colonists and England grew stronger after the occurrence of the Boston Tea Party. The Intolerable Acts united the colonists and portrayed England as villains who were trying to destroy the colonists’ political freedom. The Quebec Act was the
The American revolution started when The King of Britain lost an immense amount of money. He bought high priced equipment and supplies for the army that basically costed an arm and a leg. Which led him to decide they would regain their money by taxing the colonist. His poor decisions of taxing the people without their agreement outraged them and sent them into a state of revolt.
In conclusion, the Boston Tea Party, the Boston Massacre, and the Sons of Liberty are a key reason the colonists declared war and began the American Revolution. The events caused the American Revolution because they were acts of rebellion, the British reacted angrily to them, and because it unified the colonies.
The costly French and Indian War created a divide between British Parliament and the colonists that was temporarily appeased when William Pitt returned recruitment control to the colonists and reimbursed farmers and tradesmen for their goods and services that had been forcefully taken. However, this peace was short lived when British Parliament tried to acquire complete control of the colonies and regain financial stability by passing the Stamp Act of 1765, the Townshend Duties, the Tea Act of 1773, and the Intolerable Acts of 1774. The acts greatly inconvenienced the colonists and led to the Boston Massacre of 1770, the Boston “tea party,” colonial unity, and the first shot at Lexington that sparked the American Revolution.
The American Revolution (1763-1783) was a pivotal period in the history of the United States. During this tempestuous era, the thirteen English North American mainland colonies were able, against seemingly overwhelming odds, to secure their independence from Great Britain, to design a revolutionary philosophy, and to create a government and society that implemented the revolutionary ideals of freedom, liberty, and equality. The root cause of the American Revolution was taxation without representation. The British Parliament was exploiting its colonies to pay for the war debt accrued from the French and Indian War. The Americans felt the British had too much control over them with all the taxes they imposed, so they went to war. Money was certainly one of the major causes of the American Revolution. The Americans won when Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown when surrounded by American and French troops. A peace treaty wasn't signed until two years later, when Great Britain formally recognized independence.
There were many causes leading up to the Revolutionary War. Great Britain helped the American colonies during the French and Indian War. The French and Indian War resulted in a large debt the British needed to repay. In order to produce enough money to repay the debt, Great Britain placed The Sugar Act, The Stamp Act, and The Townshend Act on American colonists. “Parliament said it had
Once everyone was against England, the people were ready for war. The American Revolution started for many reasons, some of the few being social, economic, and political changes. These changes provided America with an independent country with its own government. The increase in strict laws and violent events made many Americans angry, and that’s why the revolution began. The French and Indian war, taxes without representation, as well as the first continental congress.