Prior to the French and Indian war, the American colonies had successfully transformed themselves into the world's most democratically progressive region. ... The stamp tax uproar led to the issue of "no taxation without representation" and the Boston tea party, a rebellious act in protest, to the taxes which the British levied upon the American colonies. ... Britain's defense of the thirteen colonies in the French and Indian war (1754-63), as well as in the Pontiacs rebellion (1763-64), was incredibly costly, as Great Britain faced some £140 million of debt. ... ...

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On July 4th 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved and signed by fifty-six men, to whom they agreed to "mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor"; these men represented the thirteen North American colonies that were proclaiming their separation from Great Britain, founding the United States of America. ... The French and Indian war took place in America. ... Like all wars, there was a price to pay; this one left the British government with a great debt so Parliament turned their attention to the lucrative colonies and began passing acts ...

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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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The British thought of ways of getting their money back by enacting several taxations and other acts among American colonies. ... The first of these were the Proclamation of 1763, Sugar Act of 1764, and the Stamp Act of 1765, which placed direct taxes on things such as newspapers and other legal documents. ... This also led to the passing of the Declaratory Act which said that Parliament could do whatever it wanted in the colonies. ... Britain's intolerable acts among colonies further brought the colonies together as they all agreed on boycott movements and shared the same opinion of the...

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