This was the explosion, the powder keg has been lit, and this was the first result. To follow came the fire brought on by such a blast, and shrapnel from the container it was in, and the death it is soon to cause. The British's harsh taxes, and the colonist boycott and protest, along with the British's reactions to this, led to the massacre. Then Lexington, the first shots of a true war, a true revolution. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the taxes imposed upon the colonies by Britain, and the lust for self-government, together lit the powder keg causing the american revolution.
The want of the colonies for self-government was great. They Saw a self interest , one free of ridiculous taxes national unity.Many of the colonist lived in one of the few colonies with a fair amount of governmental control. With a taste of self-government, they craved more. They felt responsible enough to do it, and saw the profit in it for them. Tax-free. Free of paying a tyrant 3000 miles away with such standings, the reasons for not wanting self-government were virtually inexistent.
To coincide with the lust for it, the clashing of British and American ideas was another reason for wanting a revolution to break away. With taxes sucking the colonist of all the little money they had by people in another continent, was completely outrageous. Britain had a view for representation that was virtual, we started you, we represent you, no matter where you are. The Americans view was slightly different. It was described as actual, to have representatives physically within the colonies to represent them. With such ideas, and Americans belief of "No taxation without representation", and the British belief that they were representing, conflicts occurred. Such conflicts led to a revolution.
Sovereignty played, as usual, as great a role as any in the Revolution. With the Americans believing the British had not the sovereignty to rule them; problems erupted.
