1. Causes of the American Revolution
The final result of the French and Indian War was the passage of the Stamp Act, Sugar act, Townshend acts and many more other laws attempting to recoup financial losses from the war by taxing American colonists on all printed documents. ... The first major breaking point was in 1773, when the British passed a Tea Act attempting to help the East India Company from their almost non-existent sales of their teas. ... The East India Company's prices were so low that the American traders could not compete. ... So on the night of December 16 1773, three ships arrived in Boston Harbor smashing o...
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