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My amazing American Revolution paper
There were many factors that led to the American Revolution, such as the stamp act, French and Indian war, and the Townshend Acts. Even though each of these causes were very important the Stamp act was the most important and ultimately overturned the American government of that time. The Stamp act was this important because it caused the Boston tea party and led to the intolerable acts. I will be explaining these factors from the economic, cultural, and psychological perspectives.
In the mid to late 1700 an act was set into order called “The Stamp act.” This act was a follow up to the sugar act and what it did was place a stamp onto paper products and other similar products. This act really shows an impact on the economic perspective at the time. The stamp showed that the product had been purchased and also showed that there would be an extra fee at check out. The reason this act is such a big deal is because the colonist had no tolerance for this unfair act that they had been forced to accept. In revolt on the 16th of 1773 over 100 members of the Son’s of Liberty approached the Griffin’s Wharf where the tea ships of the East India Company were docked. The members were dressed as Native Americans the 100 members dispatched onto the three ships. The members boarded the ships and began removing chests of tea and throwing them overboard into the Boston Harbor there were 342 chests thrown overboard costing in today’s currency around $14654.63. This was a huge burden on the economy at the time. While this uprising was a huge success for the colonist there were consequences. In the spring of 1774 an act passed known as the Intolerable acts. These acts were considered incredible ridiculous and the effect of them was mass boycotting of all/most British goods. When the acts were asked to be repealed the government simply refused. This is why the Stamp act was the most important cause to the American Revolution. (American Revolution: The Intolerable Acts) (The Intolerable Acts), (The Stamp Act)
The next factor that led to the American Revolution was the French and Indian War. While I’m not going to go into extreme detail on the French and Indian war I will talk about how it led to the Revolution. The French and Indian war started in 1754 as the British and French forces fought on the grounds of North America. The war itself lasted until February 10, 1763. Over this time the war had consumed Europe as well as much more territory. The war was ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The war was taken as a victory for Britain and the French were forced to leave Canada. Although this was a great victory for the British it really caused a lot of financial strains on the government. Therefore basically ruining the economy of the time. These strains ultimately led to the signing of a lot of unwanted acts. All of these horrible acts greatly affected the colonist’s culture and way of life. (The French and Indian war/The Seven Years’ War)
The final cause that led up to the American Revolution were the Townshend Acts. While the government was still looking for ways to get revenue after the deficit of the French and Indian War parliament passed the Townshend Acts. The reactions from the colonists were 3 years of boycotts and protests. All of these protests came to a point on the night of March 5, 1770 when some colonists began assaulting British troops with snowballs. The reaction of the troops was horrifying they opened fire upon the colonists. In the Blood shed of the situation 5 colonists were killed. This event was known as the Boston Massacre caused by nothing less than the Townshend Acts. This event put a horrible psychological state over the colonists. Could you imagine knowing that your own government could kill you just for throwing some snowballs? Not only sadness filled colonists so did rage and unjust. These feelings ultimately helped lead to the American Revolution.(American Revolution: The Boston Massacre)( Townshend Acts to the Boston Massacre), (The Townshend Revenue Act) Over the course of my studying I came across a lot of interesting comparisons with the world back then to the world now. While seeing how protesting taxes in the 1700’s was successful I can now understand why we need to have taxes in modern day. Another comparison I discovered was how tension is created between a government and its people. But in the end I don’t see another revolution on the horizon anytime soon. Throughout all of the causes that I studied about the American Revolution I believe that the Stamp Act had the greatest impact on the cause of the American Revolution. Sources (American Revolution: The Intolerable Acts), (The Intolerable Acts), (The French and Indian war/The Seven Years’ War), (American Revolution: The Boston Massacre), ( Townshend Acts to the Boston Massacre),(The Townshend Revenue Act),(Stamp Act)