Causes of the American Revolution Essay -- Essays on American Revoluti

On July 2, 1776, the second continental congress voted that the American Colonies were free from British influence. (Danzer,102) On July 4, two days later, they adopted the Declaration of Independence. These two events would begin what would become one of, if not the most important events in American History. It began the war of Independence, when America won its right to be free. There were many causes for the American Revolution. However most of them stemmed from paying for the French-Indian War. After the war, in 1763, the British began to feel the strain that often follows the war.(Langley, 14) To raise money Parliament passed the stamp act in 1965, which required the colonists to use special stamped paper for all legal documents, mortgages, deeds, newspapers, almanacs and pamphlets. (Gottschalk, 24) This caused an uproar from the colonists, who didn't feel that Britain had a right to tax them. In October of 1765, Merchants Boycotted British goods until parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1766. The following year the Townshend acts were passed. (Danzer, 95) To enforce them P...