How did the American Revolution develop?

Question

Just in general was there anything specific?

What events led to the start of the Revolution?

Answer 1

The King's troops in Boston, in particular, were very aggressive. Colonists were forced to house troops in their homes, taxes were imposed on all imports, exports were limited and were to be destined mainly to England, a tax was imposed on tea, Colonists were not represented in Parliament in England and therefore there was what the Colonists called taxation without representation, Colonists were prohibited to move and expand their lands beyond the Allegheny Mountains. A careful reading of the Declaration of In dependence will show you all of the reasons why the colonies revolted against England. Good luck.

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Answer 2

There are many events. Repeated taxation, including a tax on tea, and the East India Tea Company obtaining permission from the British Government to be the only tea company to sell in the port of Boston, leading up to the Boston Tea Party, and the repercussions afterwords, the Stamp Act, where a tax must be payed on all legal documents and a stamp received for payment, an act passed that would not allow Americans to settle past the Appalachian mountains, and many other factors. You have to look at both sides, too. The British had to tax like crazy to pay off a war with the French, and they thought that, for protection, the colonists had to pay a tax. I hope I helped!

Answer 3

The revolutionary era began in 1763, when Britain defeated France in the French and Indian War and the military threat to the colonies from France ended.


1. Royal Proclamation of 1763
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763

that placed a boundary upon the westward expansion of the American colonies. The Proclamation's goal was to force colonists to negotiate with the Native Americans for the lawful purchase of the land and, therefore, to reduce the costly frontier warfare that had erupted over land conflicts. The Proclamation Line, as it came to be known, was incredibly unpopular with the Americans and ultimately became another wedge between the colonists and the British government, which would eventually lead to war.

With the American colonists generally unburdened by British taxes, it was becoming increasingly difficult for the crown to pay for its military excursions and the defense of the American colonies from native uprisings.

So that lead to:


2. The Stamp Act -1765
which levied a stamp duty on all printed paper in the British colonies in North America.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_Act_1765

The Americans grew increasingly hostile to British attempts to levy taxes in the colonies.

3. During the Boston Tea Party in 1773, a Boston mob threw 342 crates of tea into Boston Harbour as a political protest, costing approximately 10,000 Pounds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

4. In response, Lord North introduced the Punitive Acts, known as the Coercive Acts or the Intolerable Acts by the colonists.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intolerable_Acts

The Port of Boston was shut down and legislative elections in the Colony of Massachusetts Bay were suspended.

The Coercive Acts included:

Massachusetts Government Act
Administration of Justice Act
Boston Port Act
Quartering Act

The Massachusetts Government Act effectively did away with elective government making almost all positions in the government appointed, and that under the Seal of Great Britain. The Administration of Justice Act authorized the Governor of Massachusetts to transfer any trial to Great Britain, and authorizing coercive action to provide witnessess at those trials. The Boston Port Act effectively closed the Port of Boston until damages for the Boston Tea Party were paid. The Quartering Act required that troops be housed not only in commercial and empty buildings but in occupied dwellings as well.

The Intolerable Acts were also a supporting factor behind the calling of the

5. First Continental Congress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Continental_Congress

and the Declaration of Rights and Grievances. It dealt with the Intolerable Acts by creating the

6. Continental Association.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Association

This was an agreement to boycott British goods and if that did not get the acts reversed after a year, to stop exporting goods to Great Britain as well.

The Intolerable Acts were the last straw for both Great Britain and the colonies. And on April 19th 1775 tensions escalated and the colonial milita men and British soldiers fought at Lexington and Concord, touching off the

7. American Revolution.

Expanded information regarding these points is presented
here. You may want to add a few points yourself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution

Answer 4

"Taxation without Representation" in the 1760's the Britsh parliament tried to pass a tea tax on the colonists (they had no representation in parliament) without their consent . This led to the "Boston Tea Party" where imported British tea was dumped by colonists into Boston Harbor. This set in motion the revolutionary war.

Answer 5

What a broad question.... could you be more specific?