America is known as the land of the free for a reason. In the 1760s after the French and Indian War, the British government passed laws and placed taxes on the American colonies. The colonists believed that Britain was placing unfair taxes and laws on them. This led to the conflict called the American Revolution, in which the American Colonies broke away from Britain. The colonies separated from Great Britain because of the Intolerable Acts, taxation without representation, the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts.
The colonies first became upset with the British when the British decided to start taxing the colonies for different things like legal documents, playing cards, tea and etc. The British did this without even letting the colonies have
The colonies first became upset with the British when the British decided to start taxing the colonies for different things like legal documents, playing cards, tea and etc. The British did this without even letting the colonies have