The first example of Britain altering the status quo in the area of politics was the Proclamation of 1763. ... The second and probably the most significant reason for the American Revolution was that the colonies were being taxed without being represented in Parliament. ... The final social issue is that of Native Americans. ... They were created to indirectly stimulate the economic growth of the British Empire by controlling the trade habits of the North American colonies. ... The British government infringing on the rights and philosophies of their North American colonies caused the Ameri...

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Another reason that justifies the American Revolution is the numerous laws and acts that the British imposed on the colonies. ... Beginning in 1733 with the Molasses Act that, "levied a stiff tax on rum, molasses, and sugar produced in the British West Indies for sale to the colonies",[Dig141], people in America began to see that England was growing its economy at the expense of the colonies. In reference to the Stamp Act in 1765, Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying during a testimony of the act, "I know it is appropriated by the act to the American service; but it will be spe...

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These thirteen colonies were used to be independent one to the other. ... The parliament intended to draw money from the colonies and it would mean intruding into local affairs in unprecedented ways; that means invading the autonomy of the colonies. ... Then there were a serious of act that made it worse: The Proclamation of 1763, when Grand Britain prohibited no further settlement west of the Appalachians. ... The colonies also did not like the idea than the Parliament was taking decision on London that was affecting the colonies in America with out any representation. ... Even though the col...

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