What Caused The American Revolution
The American Revolution is an integral part of the social studies curriculum. But, rather than just merely studying it just for the academic sake, one should try to learn and know about It thoroughly as it’s the reason behind the birth of Modern day America and it’s very intrinsically related to the History and social structure of the modern day America which we are proud of. If we, start thinking about the American Revolution which can also be termed as the war of the independence also, was mainly the revolt of the American colonies against the British administration that started out of the fiercely growing mentality of the colonies to become and operate independently as a nation rather than just simply following some outsiders orders who tried to control their lives from a very faraway place across the ocean. But, initially all the American colonies were somewhat satisfied and content with the British administration. But, the repeated refusal of the British Govt. to allow any American representatives to represent American colonies in the British Parliament and repeated impositions of meaningless and harsh taxes and laws ultimately became the precursor of the American Revolution. Though, there are various reasons that caused the American Revolution, in this article, we will focus and discuss briefly some of the main causes that caused the American Revolution.
The first main cause contributing to the Revolution can be cited as the imposition of various harsh acts and taxes to generate more revenue from the American colonies in order to meet the expenses of the French-Indian wars. Sugar Act, Stamp Act, etc. are some examples of these acts. With these impositions of such unacceptable acts, the unrest in the colonies started brewing which ultimately led to the great Revolt. Boston Massacre was another important reason/cause and contributing factor behind The American Revolution. All these causes were fuelled by the fact that no representatives were allowed to represent American colonies to raise their voice in the British parliament, and their needs were continually suppressed by the British administration. This growing dissatisfaction among the people and their urge to take control over their own lives and live independently as a person and as a nation caused the revolt. Meanwhile another harsh tea act was passed and all the colonies met at a meeting which became famous by the name of the Boston Tea Party, where the decision was taken to revolt against the British rule, Govt and it's harsh and unjustified impositions which ultimately led to America’s independence from the British rule and becoming an independent nation. The revolution became violent in particular instance like the Lexington and Concord firings.