What were the causes and events that led up to the American Revolution?

Answer 1

The European people escaped the old country to the land of the great wilderness to become colonists in order to avoid endentured servitude, oppression, and persecution. As the hand of mighty England reached across the waters into the new land of the colonies, they forced the same tyranny upon the people of the colonies that they had previously faced in the old country of England. Then, as taxations and other tariffs were forced upon the colonists, the pressure built until it exploded. With a militia force that was knowledged of the way of the land, they were able to conquer the mighty and arrogant English into submission.

Answer 2

Britain was ruled by German kings, who were often at odds with the elected Prime Minister and government. Britain was also fighting to keep it's empire around the globe, which took huge sums of money and the country almost became bankrupt. They began to tax the citizens more and more and demanded special status for goods from the colonies to feed the homeland.
(The Boston tea party was a metaphor for this).

The Americans were made up of many peoples who had been displaced by the English mainly Scots, Irish and French and cultural attitude differences arose between what the Brits, who thought european inhabitants of America were colonial citizens and the colonials who were beginning to forge a distinct different culture.

There were many attempts to head off the revolution with some of America's greatest leaders travelling the Atlantic to negotiate.

The intransigence of the British parliment and the German King led to the point of rebellion.

One point Americans don't want to hear is that they did not Win the the war of independence. The were allowed to win by the Brit commanders who capitulated in frustration with the German King of England.

There are reports of senior American and Brit officers holding joint meetings in camp Masonic lodges. E.G. Washington.

If you read history you will see that Generals Howe and Amherst? refused to reconoitre with the new Brit installed General Burgoyne moving south from Canada, which set up events for the fall of Yorktown. The Brits had the finest army and navy war machine in the world at the time, the Brit commanders did not support the Brit cause in the end.

Answer 3

The main causes of the Revolution were taxes and other types of oppression by England, of which the colonists grew tired. One of the key events was the Boston Tea Party, where colonists dumped the entire contents of a tea shipment from England into the harbor rather than paying the King's tax on the stuff.

Answer 4

Even though Jefferson hadn't yet written the Declaration of Independence, King George III should have known and paid attention to a number of self-evident truths that were ultimately articulated in the Declaration, the most fundamental of which is that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. That oversight cost the realm a more prized possession than it ever had before or since.

Answer 5

After the French lost the "French and Indian War", the colonists had no threats to their safety to speak of. Without the need for England's protection, the colonists were free to object to paying taxes. England was far away and enforcement of tax collections was difficult.

Answer 6

The English being English.

Answer 7

No taxation without representation

Answer 8

Read your text book.