Main Cause of the American Revolution

Main Cause of the American Revolution-Anchor The American Revolution started between both the British and American colonists in conflict over various incidents. British Parliament wanted control over colonial trade and profits from items imported into the colonies. After taxing the colonists, various rebellions occurred between the English Crown and the American colonist. The taxation of merchandise, both imported and exported, by the British, was one of the main causes of the American Revolution. The Stamp, Sugar and Townshend Acts were all taxation laws that were produced by the Parliament. The creation of all of these acts made the colonist furious, contributing to the cause of this Revolution. After many outbreaks between Parliament, the colonists seemed to find no changes regarding taxation, which started the American Revolution. The Stamp Act of 1765 was a direct tax upon the American colonists, which placed taxes on all kinds of printed materials. The British Parliament positioned taxes on printed material such as newspapers, diplomas, pamphlets and others. The Parliament believed that taxing this printed material would be easy to collect and that it would be seen by the colonists as inexpensive. But little did they know it would be seen as the exact opposite through the colonist’s eyes. Shortly after, Protests began to occur against the Parliament. Colonists chanted, “Taxation without Representation!” numerous amounts of times in order to get their point across to the Parliament. These taxations added to the anger and frustration of the colonists, fueling the cause of the American Revolution. A man named Patrick Henry took initiative and stood up for the colonist due to the fact that he strongly believed that the taxation was wrong. Henry and the Massachusetts Assembly created an inter-colonial Stamp congress to fight against the direct taxation upon the colonists without asking for their consent. The colonists believed that the English Crown was