American Revolution Economic Factors

The American Revolution was the act of which the American colonies split from the British nation to form their own country. Throughout the pre revolutionary years from 1607 till 1774 the colonies had no trouble being owned by the British until the rise of the war happened. The economic factors were the main cause of the American Revolution. After the 7 year war against the Indian and French the British government needed to raise taxes to recoup the money that was lost during the war. The colonies also got no representation in the British parliament and their self reliance was lost.

The economic factors sent the colonists over the edge and started the cause of the American Revolution. King George the third was in need of the money that the British government had lost during the 7 year war against the French and Indians. Even though they had won the battle, it was an expensive trade. The British government was bankrupt and needed to recoup their money throughout the 13 colonies. The first few acts they introduced to the colonies was the molasses, sugar and the stamp act. On any trades that were imported the British …show more content…
The British parliament tightened their laws on the colonies. The Monarchy, especially the king had the power to do what he wanted to not only England, but the American colonies as well. There was no level of the judicial system to pass any laws. The second part of the intolerable act was the Massachusetts. In this act, any man that was a British soldier would be allowed to go back to Britain once they have committed a crime to argue their case their. This was also established ad the murder act, because the soldiers would not get punished as they would in the colonies. The British parliament was lenient towards the soldiers. This was biased for the reason that the soldiers immediately had a higher power than the colonists