Well, in general terms, the American Revolution came about because the British government did not fully realize the seriousness of the unrest and dissatisfaction which soon developed in its colonies...
Like Charles Dickens wrote about the French Revolution in his A Tale of Two Cities: "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.." After the rule of King Louis XV, France was left in bad...
The cause was a country in serious debt, a couple of years of low yield crops that forced the price of grain up and forced the poor to do without. A starving citizen is unhappy and has a tendency to...