What Factors Led To The American Revolution

4. The American Revolution was a political upheave in which the thirteen colonies rejected the British monarchy and aristocracy, overthrew the Authority Great Britain had over them, and ultimately funded the United States of America. There are many factors that led to this outbreak. Three major factors would be the Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, and correspondence between the colonies. The colonies decide to boycott British imports. The British are still trying to recover from the Seven Years’ War and they really needed the colonies to cooperate with their trades. During this time, instead of having thirteen different responses from the colonies, they now are working together and have one response. They are coordinating their response. This leads to the Committee of Correspondence. The colonies decide to not cooperate. The British mercantilists go to Parliament and tell them to stop hurting the colonies because it’s hurting their business and Parliament repeals all the Townshend Acts except the Tea Act. They did this because of this specific reason and also the Boston Massacre. In 1770, a mob of Americans harass ten British troops and the British troops feel threatened and kill many individuals. “The …show more content…
The price becomes so low that the tea coming from the British East India Company is now cheaper than the tea that the colonies are smuggling in from the Dutch. They’ll get cheap tea even with the tax. The colonies are very upset. The Committees of Correspondence, with people like Samuel Adams in charge, (“emerging as the supreme genius of revolutionary agitation” (Tindall & Shi, 125)) interpret this as a trick. They will not pay the tax. The British East India Company ships come in with tea but no one will take them and the ships essentially sit in the harbor. This is what led to the Boston Tea Party, the colonists say no and they hold their