What Are The Causes Of The American Revolution

It was 1775 and the American Revolution had just started all the Soldiers were cold and hungry. At the beginning of the war the Americans were considered the underdogs, all the people thought that the British were going to win the war. Why because yes the British army was bigger than the Continental army, and people also thought that the British would win because the British army was well-organized and well-run. The British approach was to try to destroy Washington’s army in Boston, and get Loyalists to take over local governments.
But to the American’s advantage they had Washington on their side. A decade before the American Revolution in 1775, tensions had been building up between the American Colonists and the British for a while. In 1765, 1767 and 1773 the British government attempted to raise income by taxing American Colonists. These acts were called the Stamp Act, Townshend Act and the Tea Act. The Americans protests led to violence in 1770, when the British went and opened fire in a mob of the Colonists. They killed 5 men, today it’s known as the Boston Massacre. …show more content…
In the same month the British government sent a big group of people, along with 34,000 troops to New York, and in September Washington was forced to get his troops out of New York City “Get out of here this is our territory”. Washington and his troops fought back with a surprise attack in Trenton, New Jersey, on Christmas night “Ah ha we got you! Now surrender or we will shot.” That night they got another victory in