justified in their need for revolution‚ but not in their actions in their pursuit of it. Everything the colonists did was a reaction to something the British had done. When the British had enacted The Tea Act‚ an act which gave the East India Company exclusive license to sell tea‚ it led to the Boston Tea Party. When the British imposed a
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Revolutionary War and War of 1812 were fought between the United States and Great tBritain. The cause of the Revolutionary War was due to unfair taxation of the colonies by the British Parliament‚ and without the help from the French‚ the United States would not have won this war. The causes of the War of 1812 were due to the French involvement with Great Britain‚ which lead to trade embargoes in Europe. Also‚ impressment of U.S. seamen for the British army‚ freedom of the seas‚ British stirring
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which put a tax on paper‚ paint‚ lead‚ glass and tea. In 1766‚ the Declaratory Act was passed and it declared that Parliament had the power to tax the colonies both internally and externally and had absolute power over the colonial legislatures. In 1773‚ there was a huge rebellion when the Tea Act came to be‚ even though this act made tea cheaper than before. The Sons of Liberty protested against the Tea Act by dumping 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. All in all‚ the enforcement of new taxes
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The American Revolution was and still is a staple in american history‚ as it is taught in schools across the nation.That being said‚ what brought the men and women of those times to the point of revolution is a vital turning point in history. This revolution was initiated by the undesirable laws that Britain forced onto the colonies which brought an uprising of frustration. The French and Indian War (also known as the Seven Years war) was the reason for Britain’s debt‚ therefore bringing the british
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glass‚ lead‚ paper‚ and tea. The colonist noticed but the act was repealed before anyone could do anything. Colonist boycotted on British goods. On March 5‚ 1770 British soldiers opened fire on protesting Boston citizens and killed 5 citizens. This is known as the Boston Massacre and word spread fast of the massacre throughout the 13 colonies because of Benjamin Franklin’s postal services. Later‚ the parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. The act made colonist only buy tea from the West Indies Company
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resorted to mob violence to intimidate stamp collectors into resigning. The Boston Tea Party also contributed to the economic issues that led to the revolution. This famed act of American colonial defiance was also committed due to protests against taxation. The Tea Party was the peak if a resistance movement through British America against the Tea Act that had been passed by British Parliament. Colonists objected the Tea Act because they believed that it violated their rights as Englishmen to "no
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Several years and many events pushed colonists to a point where they wanted to fight for their independence. In 1775 the American Revolution began between Britain and the thirteen colonies. The colonies felt they should be treated a certain way and Britain felt differently on the issue. Americans sought the same rights as Englishmen but Britain wanted to use the colonies in a way that best suited them. Starting in 1754 and ending in 1763 the French and Indian War left the British in enormous debt
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"For Imposing Taxes on us Without our Consent" The section of the Declaration of Independence titled "The Charges Against the King is extremely important. The English Declaration of Rights included a similar section‚ so without indicating the revolutions’ causes it would have been very difficult to justify independence. Today and during the time of the revolution many of the accusations seemed rather weak and unsupported. However there were some that were considered by all to be significant infractions
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Company’s ships arrived in December of that year at the Port of Boston‚ settlers disguised as Indians threw the cargo of one of the ships into the sea. This episode became known as the case of the Boston Tea Party. For that‚ Parliament increased pressure by approving in 1774‚ the Intolerable Acts‚ closing the port of Boston‚ demanding compensation for the lost tea‚ and setting the arrest and trial of the involved in the Boston Tea Party. However‚ since the beginning of tensions between metropolis
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The American Revolution was caused by many things‚ but there are three main reasons that led to The American Revolution. The first main reason would be The Boston Massacre‚ then it would be the taxes‚ and the last reason is The Continental Congress. The Boston Massacre affected both the British and the Colonists. First of all the Boston Massacre created propaganda. Even though the British only killed five people the propaganda made it look like a massacre. The second reason was that the British
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