Causes of the American Revolution

The War for American Independence was not caused simply by only one event. This war was a result from a combination of events that built up rebellion within the colonies. The overall cause of the War for American independence was the fact that the British constantly enforced upon the colonists taxes and regulation. As time went on, the fact that the colonies were thousands of miles away from England caused the colonists to strive for …showed first 75 words of 519 total…

…showed last 75 words of 519 total…the views of the British colonist and the views of the colonists were opposites. Colonies began to feel more independent from their mother country, seeing that it was thousands of miles away. At the same time the colonists were also being deeply taxed and regulated. War was bound to take place; it may have been unavoidable. Two significant reasons that eventually led to the unavoidable Revolutionary War were the Navigation acts and the Stamp act.