What Are The Causes Of The American Revolution

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Do you know what the American revolution is?Well if you don’t it was the war between the colonists and Britain in the late 1700s to the early 1800s. The three things I think caused the revolution was the Boston massacre the intolerable acts and the quartering act.

My first reason is the Boston massacre. The reason I chose this is that when the British heard a gunshot but the British thought the colonist shot it. But, the colonists thought the British shot it. Also, the colonist lost 5 people from all the gunshots the British made so I think the colonist what revenge and independence.

My second reason is one of the intolerable acts it is the Boston port act.This really triggered

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