With slavery being the main economic factor in the colonies the Africans could have rebelled by themselves with the growing number of them entering America at this time. ... I learned from lecture that less than 5% of the laws that were proposed from 1696 to 1763 were passed. ... Ideas about American rights came after the stamp act was imposed. ... The people started thinking of themselves as Americans and not Europeans. ... With more and more people coming to America there was bound to be new ideas on how things should be. ...

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Causes of The American Revolution When history looks beyond the immediate cause of the American Revolution for the justifying principles, it is very soon brought back to the spirit of English liberty. The American Revolution occurred because of Great Britain's failure to adjust to conditions brought on by the growth and development of the colonies and by the aggravation of a breakdown in the political and economic harmony that existed between the colonies and the Mother County. ... Everything else that triggered the minds of these revolutionaries was the effect caused by Britain...

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This was to be the first direct tax on the American colonies. ... The Stamp Act was an act extended to the colonies. ... The American colonist's opposition to the Stamp Act contributed substantially to the rise of American nationalist sentiment, and the conflict between the colonists and the British government over the Stamp Act was often considered one of the chief immediate causes of the American Revolution. ... The previous Molasses Act, Navigation Acts, and the Sugar Act suddenly were seen as an ominous prelude to this final below, the period from the signing of the treaty ending ...

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The British took over control of Canada and in 1763 the Treaty of Paris was signed. ... In 1764, the Prime Minister George Greenville imposed the American Revenue Act, which was designed to raise revenues from the colonies. ... The colonies must either submit or triumph." ... The surprise attack worked and it was the first victory for the Americans. ... The French fought with the Americans until the war ended. ...

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