American War of Independence?

Question

Please tell me the cause(s) behind the American War of Independence or the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). Was it merely due to tax issue?

Without the help from the French Army, would the war of independence be still a success? Then, what are the turning point(s) for the war.

Thank You

Answer 1

I'll tell the reason why we fought for the freedom to be America citizen of a country not a nation. yes there is a difference between nation and country. we fought because of the taxation on goods and others with out rep. also because of the quartering act. which had crown troop stationed in our (American) homes and had to feed them and etc. the french helped out by giving us there .69 cal cherrly ville musket and they finally came to help in the siege of Yorktown which they block the British from retreating to the ocean. the turning point in the war is when General Van Stuben came and taught our Continental army a quicker way of doing things to the musket such as a quicker method of reloading.

Answer 2

The cause of the American War for Independence was complicated but is often stated as "Taxation without representation." Many have seen this as a tax issue. There were, in fact, many taxes imposed on the American colonies in order to finance the expense of protecting the colonies along with the expense of the French and Indian Wars.
The operative part of the phrase is not, however, taxation, but representation. The freemen of America were refusing to accept the imposition of the taxes because they, as colonists, had no representation in the British Parliament. To have accepted the taxes was tantamount to acknowledging that they were less than freemen. Each of the colonies had some form of representative government. The colonies had practiced some form of participatory democracy for most of their history. However, there was no American representation in Parliament and that allowed Parliament to impose its will without the consent of the governed in America.
The involvement of the French Army was limited. The involvement of European financing, particularly from the Netherlands, was more critical to sustaining the revolution. The closing moments of the war at Yorktown were probably influenced more by the participation of the French Navy rather than the French Army. The French Navy helped to block British maneuvers at Yorktown and made surrender of the British Army there the best option for the British General.

Answer 3

Taxation without Representation.

That was the main issue for the colonists to seek independence from the British Crown.

There many have been other aggravating issues for that war.

The French, being rivals of Great Britain, were a contributing factor toward the success of the colonists.

Seems that France was always a good ally of America ever since.

For more information on battles, etc....suggest you search the web.

Since that cause for the War of Independence has generally been forgotten, one thing is worth mentioning.

The government of the United States is comprised of a system of representatives that vote in behalf of the populace.

When that representation elects to over tax or do things to place future generations in financial jeopardy, then that should be cause for alarm.

Answer 4

I think that although you are correct in thinking that the American Revolution (War of Independence) could be classified as the first American Civil War, most people don't view it as such. I think the main reasoning that this occurs is because the America as we see it wasn't officially founded until after we won the American Revolution. I can't imagine to many people getting uptight over this one, except maybe a few overzealous American History scholars, but then, they're uptight already, so who cares? :-)

Answer 5

Specifically regarding the point about "help from the French Army" --
The French were in no big hurry to "help" the colonies. There were countless nobles and aristocrats who were either bored with literallly having nothing better to do at the court of Versailles, or -- like America's so-called "hero" LaFayette -- they were seeking personal revenge as a result of their most recent war with England. LaFayette, for example, wanted to avenge the death of his father at the hands of the British. But there were MANY others who helped out, such as the German states, Prussia, and especially Sweden, just to name a few.

Answer 6

A lot of the commonly held beliefs aren't true, the Boston tea party was because of the REMOVAL of a tax on tea, the party-goers were smugglers who had lost their trade.

The people in the USA had just as much, if not more, freedom than anyone else in the Empire at that time, including Britain, and most of the American people were opposed to the revolution, unfortunately, they were the quieter majority.The Americans were taxed quite hard at some points but that was to finance the British Army who were defending them from French invasions.

Answer 7

The British were not beaten by our forefathers, they merely ran out of money and political support for the conflict. There was a much greater problem of the war that was to be fought with the French, a traditional enemy. The underlying causes of the war were the unfairness with which the British appointed governors ran their respective colonies, which while subject to the King, were considered to be individual.

Answer 8

Main causes; Taxation without representation; blooming of liberal ideology among the founding fathers; the constraint of the 13 colonies to their own territory, disallowing the Brits the possibility to expand furthermore to the Ohio and elsewhere; self consciousness of being "American".

Supporters; everybody except the Brits, of course. Mainly France and Spain, the ones that took military action against the Brits and gave money and stuff to the Rebels.

Answer 9

taxes, freedom of religous practice, land owership,class,free trade, no, the french helped the american colonist fight the native americans in the western areas and northern next to canada, france and england were at word 2-3 different times during our revolution.

Answer 10

from an imperial perspective and using modern terminology, could it be argued that the americans were 'insergents' and potential 'terrorists' being aided by a foreign power (ie france).... not much has changed has it?