Revolutionary War DBQ

British control led to the Revolutionary War Bang! There goes that infamous shot heard around the world fired from Lexington on April 19, 1775. Some say that this was the First conflict of the revolutionary war, but what caused it? Was it a miscommunicated accident, too much British control, or was it from just pure hatred. The British implemented many different taxes and acts that the colonists believed were unfair such as the Stamp, Tea and Intolerable acts which increased british control that led to the start of the Revolutionary War. First off we have the Stamp act which was instituted in the year of 1764. Not only was this the first act the british imposed onto the colonists it also caused a lot of hate. Now look at Document 2, the importation graph for Britain. When you look at the year 1764 when the Stamp act was first put into action the importation rates decreased. This was most likely because the colonists were not buying paper products that would be unreasonably taxed. Later on the British ended up repealing the Stamp act. …show more content…
These acts did many things like: Closing off Boston’s Harbor, reduced land that the colonists could have claimed in the Ohio River Valley and gave it to Quebec, and finally limited the size of town meetings. Now look back at Document 2 and you can see that the British importation rates have decreased again when these acts were instituted. This makes sense that the colonists would be mad, because now not only do they have to pay for the tea dumped into the Boston Harbor. Now they have to worry about the supplies that needs to get to Boston because the British also had blockaded the harbor to prevent supplies going to boston by water. Furthermore, in conclusion the increased British control over the colonists caused the Revolutionary war, because of the Tea, Stamp and Intolerable acts that the British imposed on the colonists that they believed to be unfair to