This blog is being created by Bianca Pacheco as an assingment for my US History class. The theme is The American Revolution which was the disrupt, mainly political, that was going on during the second half of the 18th century. During this time, America was composed of 13 colonies which joined together against the British Empire and this led to Independence and the formation of United States of America.


miércoles, 28 de abril de 2010

What caused The American Revolution?

The American Revolution didn't happen overnight. It took several years for it to fully develop. It was caused by multiple things but what had the biggest impact were the taxes levied by the British Parliament.

British was struggling with poverty. Economy declined after The French and Indian War. During this war, protection was sent to the colonies. Because of this, the British Parliament tought that the colonists should help by paying taxes. This upsetted the colonists so they protested intelectually, with economic boycotts and also with violent intimidation. All this forced the Parliament to withdraw the imposed taxes.



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