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Causes Of The American Revolution

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Picture it, America 1765. All of the happy joyful citizens, all of the murder and bloodshed. What a utopia. Actually, 1765 was the start of the war known as the American Revolution, or the Revolutionary War. The American Revolution was a war between the colonists of America and Great Britain and they were fighting over the independence of America from Britain. This war lasted until 1781, when the British surrendered to the Americans, As a result, America is a fully independent country and it has stayed that way since that day. There were many causes of the war, The Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, and Lexington and Concord. The first cause of the American Revolution was the Stamp Act that was passed for Britain to gain money from the …show more content…

This outraged the colonists, especially the ones from Massachusetts. As a result of this act, the colonists assembled the First Continental Congress. The First Continental Congress had fifty six delegates from the colonies meet in Philadelphia to discuss American rights. They agreed that the colonies had the rights to run their own affairs and if the British used military force, they would fight back. This congress was very important because it signifies the colonists working together in unison against the British. A huge factor in the start of the Revolutionary War was the battle of Lexington and Concord. Known as “The Shot Heard ‘Round The World,” the fight at Lexington and Concord started as a result of the British plan to arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock and destroy the colonists weapon supply. On the night of April 18, Paul Revere, Samuel Prescott and William Dawes warned the colonists that, “The British are coming!” The very next day, the American minutemen and the British soldiers fought at Lexington, Massachusetts and the British won. Next, they moved to Concord, Massachusetts and the colonists won through guerilla warfare. This was an important event in the cause of the American Revolution because it showed the British that the Americans were ready for war, and more importantly, the Americans, that they had a shot at winning. Subsequently, the Americans formed the Second Continental Congress to discuss whether they

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