The root causes for the American Revolution was when Great Britain started to place Acts such as the Sugar Act of 1764, The Revenue Act of 1764, and the Stamp Act of 1765 to enforce higher taxes and/or fines to make the colonists help pay for the own debt due to the Seven Years’ War. The Sugar Act of 1764 was to lower taxes on molasses imported in North America from the French West Indies. On the other hand it was established to end widespread of smuggling by the colonial merchant but due to there being a bias enforcer and jury any who was accused of smuggling had to pay a fine even when they were not smuggler. The Revenue Act of 1764 made goods such as wool and hides that was traded freely to Holland, France, and Southern Europe had to go
