There were many controversies and arguments between the American colonies and Great Britain. ... Since the colonies were not represented in Parliament, they said, Parliament had no right to tax them. ... They also had to get money to pay for the war debts, and they did that by getting the money from the colonies. A British action that brought about the American Revolution was the colonial opposition to maintaining a British army in America. ... The Proclamation of 1763 said that the colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. ...

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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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The Scientific Revolution which resulted in the Enlightenment had much significance that helped influence the American Revolution. the American Revolution was fueled because Great Britain started to control the American colonies through laws by restricting territorial expansion, imposing taxes, and they were also being stripped of their freedom. ... Great Britain colonized most of the colonies in North America. The colonies were tied to Britain through trade. ... Colonists who had already lived there were forced to move to the East; this was known as the proclamation of 1763. ... The colonies...

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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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From the beginning of the 17th century to the time of American Independence, Great Britain looked upon its colonies as a means of making the country wealthier and more powerful. The British government used and manipulated every law, declaration and legal act meant for the colonies. ... First of all, the Treaty of Paris of 1763 was signed and France lost all of its mainland colonies. So all of the land east of the Mississippi River was open to settling until the Proclamation of 1763 went into effect and prevented the settling of the new lands. This caused a lot of resentment toward the Brit...

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America's Road to Independence: In the year 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed, granting America their freedom from Great Britain. ... The Proclamation of 1763 came first. ... It was the beginning of America's road to independence. For nearly a decade Great Britain taxed and bullied the colonies. ... It was not fair for the millions of residents that the colonies had. ...

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In 1763, all British subject celebrated their victory over the French in the Great War. ... Others, believed that the colonies were virtually represented. ... Power to tax is a necessary part of every Supreme Legislative Authority, and that if they have not that Power over America, they have none, and then America is at once a Kingdom of itself. ... the Right of the Parliament of Great Britain to impose Taxes of every Kind on the colonies, has been always admitted; Whately believed that Parliament had a right to put a tax on the colonies, since Great Britain spent a large amount of its money t...

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Causes of The American Revolution When history looks beyond the immediate cause of the American Revolution for the justifying principles, it is very soon brought back to the spirit of English liberty. The American Revolution occurred because of Great Britain's failure to adjust to conditions brought on by the growth and development of the colonies and by the aggravation of a breakdown in the political and economic harmony that existed between the colonies and the Mother County. ... Everything else that triggered the minds of these revolutionaries was the effect caused by Britain...

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At the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, Great Britain and its colonists were known as one entity. However, in the years before the war, the differences between both sides gradually evolved to create two separate parties - Great Britain and the rebellious Americans. ... In the colonies, they recruited thousands of Loyalists and Indians as well. ... They lacked political unity and rivalries between colonies prevented progress. ... To win, all they had to do was restore their status to pre-1763, around the time of Prime Minister Grenville's strict enforcement of the Navigation Ac...

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