The American Revolution was when the Colonists revolted against the British rule. Some social causes of the American Revolution grew out of the colonies and the colonists began loosing ties to their "mother country" and they had less allegiance to a king that ruled from thousands of miles away. The colonists began to start thinking of themselves as Americans and desired to determine their own political outlook. Some economic causes were when Britain emerged from the French and Indian war victorious, they had a lot of debt and Parliament turned to the colonies and ended the era of salutary neglect by adopting a new, more controlling attitude toward the colonies. Britain's new policies attempted to gain more control over the colonies, forcing
