The American Revolution A History In this concisely drawn book that covers the colonial period from 1763 to 1790, the author attempts to explain the bases of the American Revolution. One thing is quite certain, the American Revolution cannot be understood as simply battles won and oppression thrown aside. The author makes it really clear that enormous cultural, social, and economic changes were occurring in the colonies dating from the French and Indian War. ... The notion of "virtual" representation in Parliament as being sufficient for agreeing to taxation was rejected strongly throu...

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The French and Indian War took place between 1754 and 1763. ... At the conclusion of the war the colonies had nearly twenty thousand men that had been taught the ways of war. ... It was important that the colonies put aside their differences and unite even during the French and Indian War when they were allies with the British. ... The cartoon, which showed the colonies as part of a disbanded snake, seriously recommended unification. Unity among all the American colonies during the French and Indian War, where the British and the American colonists fought the French and their Indian allies, w...

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In 1763, the American colonists were excited as they expected to gain honor and prestige after helping win the French and Indian War with the British. ... As Britain started raising taxes in the colonies, the colonists believed that it was not reasonable because the colonists had helped passionately with their money and effort. ... The American Colonists believed those forms of taxation were not reasonable. ... The colonies had no representation in Parliament, so they could not present their argument that Parliament had no right to tax them. ... Still, there was some amount of representation f...

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