The Causes of the Revolutionary War

Overview of the Causes

It was not any one event but a series of events that led to the Revolutionary War

It was the arguably the consequences of the French and Indian War that began the series of events leading to war.

The British thought the Colonist should help pay for their own defense

One of the actions that most angered the Americans, The idea of being force to open your homes to soldiers

Paying for everything you do was what the British tried to do with this tax that was hated. A stamp on every tranaction was imposed.

The British Actions convinced some Colonist that they needed to take action in Defense of Liberty.They formed the Sons of Liberty to take overt action

The first time members of different Colonies organized as one group on any topic.

The British realized that they had gone to far and repealed the stamp tax but it was too late.

The British imposed new taxes and decrees making the situation worse.

The colonist responded to the British actions with a boycott against British goods hoping that would convinve the the government to repeal the Townshend Acts

To enforce their acts the British decided to bring troops to Boston the most oppositional of all the colonies.

It was only a matter of time before things would get out of control. One day it happened and the British open fire and colonist died.

The British knew things were getting out of hand,so they repealed the act, but it was too little too late.

The Colonist took matters into their own hands when they burned a reveue cutter.

One of the most famous acts in early Ameican history the colonist made clear they were not going to be subdued by British threats

The British responded to the colonists actions by imposing the Coercive acts.

Once the First Continental Congress met it was clear the colonist were heading down a path that there was no turning back.

While the causes of the war are complex here we look at some of the economic causes of the war.