Britain on many cases refused to accept that the colonies had grown out of their earlier status. 1763 seemed to be the start of all controversies in the revolution. ... Britain began to immediately enforce existing laws, they started taxing the colonies, and they also started to make attacks on Americans rights to govern themselves. ... Grenville wanted to stop smuggling into the colonies by placing British ships on American ports. ... As the story was passed throughout the colonies, the story became a sort of propaganda to turn Americans against Britain. ... The American Revolution ...

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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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Each of these three men were founding fathers of the United States of America and instrumental in its creation. ... Jefferson would then continue his education studying at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia from 1760 to 1763. ... The Miller Center (n.d.) states that in 1774 Jefferson wrote "Summary View of the Rights of British America". In this document Jefferson opposed the British control over the colonies. ... Adams also played a major role in the establishment of independent governments in the colonies. ...

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