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    SUPA U.S The American Revolution was a revolutionary war that took place in 1775-1783. It was a war between American colonies and Great Britain. The war started when British taxed the colonies in order to pay the debt from the French and Indian war. The colonists believed that they should not be taxed without representation and they also believed that they can break away from the mother country. The colonies were the first to break away from the mother country, this makes the revolution…

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    to break free of the British Empire’s control. This constant strife between the United States and Britain became known as The American Revolution. The American Revolution erupted after years of conflict between the colonists and the British government. Three major factors, such as taxation without representation, the Boston Massacre and the Intolerable Acts, led American colonists to revolt against the motherland. Under the British rule, the colonists were subject to injustice. They began the…

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    The American Revolution was started for many different reasons, however, I think the main cause was taxation. The American colonists was fighting to preserve their rights as British citizens which had been violated by the taxes imposed on the colonies. Taxes were imposed in order to pay off debt in which the county incurred during the war, and as result, protests began and colonists became angry. The American Revolution was also caused by The Boston Tea Party, The Intolerable Acts, The First…

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    The main result of this event was the increased support for independence. For the following years preceding the initiation of the Revolution, it allowed the colonists to have lessons learned from the Boston Massacre. Additionally, this event was also used as a way for the Sons of Liberty and colonists to express and spread their views by exaggerating the reality at some points. Although…

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    every revolution. For the Americans in 1780-1800, it was the high taxation pushed upon them by the British, the same people who were unfairly awarded more natural rights than the Americans, and ravished through the streets of their homeland, killing 5, in what is now known as the Boston Massacre. Of course the Americans were outraged by all of this, so by nature, they fought back. The American Enlightenment was an equitable ideology which was a necessary precursor to the American Revolution. It…

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    declared independence from British imperialism beginning in 1775 and becoming official in 1776 with the Declaration of Independence, a lot more changed than just the type of government present within the former colonies. The very ideas that sparked revolution were enough to set in motion many changes to contemporary society, politics, and even economics. The idea of resisting the imperial power that so much of the population of the colonies had become complacent in being submissive to caused…

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    In what way was the American Revolution an ideaological struggle? The American Revolution an ideological struggle for independence from Britain. Hardships food shortages, family member fighting or dead. The British were not easy to defeat. They had money and well equip soldier. As well as strong economic supply of ammo, food, with everything they needed in order to eliminate the rebellion colonist. On the other hand, the colonist did not have the military power experience, financial, and…

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    American Revolution took place on three different levels. This revolutionary era was a struggle for independence, a phase long battleship among the European empires, and a conflict over what kind of nation America should be. However not all Americans got the freedom brought on by the American Revolution. During this time, many Americans were deprived of basic rights in the name of liberty. The loyalist for example who retained their allegiance to the crown, were among one of those group of…

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    causes for the American Revolution? Over the course of the few months, our class has been learning the history of Canada. We have now finished chapter three and now we have moved onto chapter four. In this chapter, we are learning about how the Seven Years War had ended, and what the British are doing to make up the costs of the Seven Years War. The British were changing a lot of things which were creating furiousness upon the American colonist. Regarding this, The American Revolution was…

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    The great American Revolution, taken place in the 18th century, was a political upheaval that removed ties between the thirteen North American Colonies and Great Britain. This led to the development of the United States of America. During this revolutionary war, the enslaved African Americans were denied their freedom from the nation who was at the time, also seeking independence themselves. The Declaration of Independence, composed by an American Founding Father and third President Thomas…

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