Revolutionary war biography reports
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American Revolutionary War
– American war of independence from Great Britain
This article is about military actions primarily. For origins and aftermath, see American Revolution.
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The American Revolution
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American Revolution
&#; Prelude to Independence
The Implementation of Taxes
From until , the British colonies and France fought an expensive nation war on the North American continent known as “The French and Indian War.” To recoup these expenses and raise medel to replenish their coffers, the British government enacted a series of new taxes. Until the Stamp Act of , some taxes were proposed, and others were enacted and withdrawn. This was the first tax imposed directly on the 13 American colonies. Benjamin Franklin testified before Parliament that the tax was too high and that the colonies had already done more than enough to support the French and Indian War. That same year, the group known as the Sons of Liberty was established.
The Consequences of Unrest
In , Parliament imposed the Townshend Acts, which placed a duty on several essential goods, including tea. A year later, the Liberty, a sloop owned by John Hancock, was seized on suspicion of smuggling. The growing unr
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Causes of the Revolutionary War
American Revolution History
For more than a decade before the outbreak of the American Revolution in , tensions had been building between colonists and the British authorities.
The French and Indian War, or Seven Years’ War (), brought new territories under the power of the crown, but the expensive conflict lead to new and unpopular taxes. Attempts by the British government to raise revenue by taxing the colonies (notably the Stamp Act of , the Townshend Acts of and the Tea Act of ) met with heated protest among many colonists, who resented their lack of representation in Parliament and demanded the same rights as other British subjects.
Colonial resistance led to violence in , when British soldiers opened fire on a mob of colonists, killing five men in what was known as the Boston Massacre. After December , when a band of Bostonians altered their appearance to hide their identity boarded British ships and dumped chests of tea into Bosto