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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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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