What were the causes of the American Revolution?

(11) On November 22, 2011 at 12:16 am Violet Lavender [0] said:

The patriots didn't actually want taxation WITH representation; it was just another thing to lobby against the British government. Even with representation, the colonies would only have two or so representatives in Parliament, and that is not enough to do anything anyways.

(10) On November 17, 2011 at 1:26 am Cymuraida97 [0] said:

Mostly everything was peaceful until the French and Indian war. After this war Britain ended up in great debt so they taxed the colonists and many many more events happened due to these tyaxes.

(9) On October 14, 2011 at 10:27 pm IamHathor [1] said:

Britain just wanted their control. Like overbearing parents. But the rebellious teen-aged America wanted to prove their worth and independence, and decided to do something about it. The tax from the french/indian war was like a grounding sort of. But I wouldn't like being taxed for something I didn't even take any part in.

(8) On May 10, 2011 at 4:48 pm Skyrim12 [0] said:

The english could have taken america back but they just couldejnt be bothered anymore

(7) On October 24, 2010 at 3:00 am Flashgm41 [0] said:

Do "Good" Americans kill people to keep from paying taxes?

Do you? Would you? I think not. Do you have the right to kill someone because they are treating you "unfairly?" Just thinking out loud.

(6) On August 14, 2010 at 1:56 am Hwood007 [0] said:

All the answers given so far are good ones. I would add that the King was in the process of collecting arms and ammo that were stored in various locations. The import of ammo had been baned. So, time had reached the point that if we did not start the war soon, we would not have enough arms to defend ourselves. It was now (then) or never.

Now quess why we have a 2nd amendment and what it meant to Americans then and now?

(5) On February 10, 2010 at 5:00 am Harrison Wang [0] said:

There were many skirmishes between the british and the colonists. The british put a lot of taxes on the colonists and the colonists wanted to be independent.

(4) On November 19, 2009 at 10:27 pm Pinklover2348 [0] said:

the causes are that there was taxation w/o represtation in parliament, the french and idian war, and they wanted freedom.

(3) On November 26, 2008 at 12:39 am HistoryDork [124] said:

Note: HistoryDork merged "What were the causes of the Revolutionary War?" into "What were the causes of the American Revolution?".

See the Discussion for "What were the causes of the Revolutionary War?"

(2) On February 18, 2008 at 8:19 pm Redcoat-Mic [2] said:

Biased. And this coming from someone called "Redcoat-Mic".

It reads like bloody Star Wars.

The point that taxation was at an all time low is never mentioned, so the smugglers as a factor are thrown in casually at the end when they were a huge part of it.

The revolution wasn't just taken by the free and good American's against the evil, dictating British. Lets not forget that every country was run this way, it's all anyone knew.

(1) On May 6, 2007 at 3:02 am 5689 [30] said:

the british were being unfair to the americans. the americans wanted to live the way they wanted to be free.

Note: RoyR moved this to the answer of "What were the causes of the American Revolution?"

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