American Revolution Thesis

Thesis Statement
The dissatisfaction of the British rule led to the disapproval of the Americans which resulted in revolution.

Introduction

The American Revolution was one of the most significant events that took place, because of its influence on other colonies and countries that soon followed in the United States’ footsteps on the path to independence. The American Revolution lasted from 1774 to 1789. The American Revolution was carried out in 4 phases. Firstly the continental Congress met in 1774 banning trade to the British, drawing up a declaration of rights followed by the training of its people (militia) or ‘’Suffolk Resolves’’. Secondly the Continental Congress met for the second time in the year 1775 and they decided on going
It started with the British policy changes then a series of different Acts came into the picture. This caused tensions to rise within America’s society. Preceding the taxes, Britain has some policy changes after the Seven Years War, where she neglected America during the war and decided to regain control of her colony. As a result of this, British parliament approved the placing of an armed force in America in 1763. It was difficult for Britain to regain control of America after the war. The Sugar Act was passed in 1764 which was in fact a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act (1733), which was about to expire. The First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Grenville, attempted to bring the colonies in line with regard to payment of taxes. Edmund and Helen M. Morgan The Stamp Act Crisis ‘’The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon, while Grenville took measures that the duty be strictly enforced.’’ The duty on molasses, a key ingredient in rum and one of the more important products that the colonists used, was actually cut in half under the Sugar Act. The difference was that England intended to strictly enforce the new duties. This tax was widely opposed as it will cut into their
In 1751 a similar measure had been passed that was limited to only the New England colonies, but the 1764 measure was to include all of North America. The British enacted the law because colonial currency had been highly inflationary, and as a result, a note issued by a colony was not equal to a note of the same denomination in Great Britain. Colonists used their own notes to pay off debts to British merchants, thereby cheating their creditors of their full due. The simplest way to avoid this problem was to prevent the colonies from printing money. From the colonists' point of view, the law was unjust. Because colonial debt increased rapidly in the years around mid-century, there was a constant drain of hard specie--that is, colonial Americans sent whatever gold and silver coin they had to Great Britain to pay their debts. It was therefore difficult to make transactions of any kind since there was so little hard currency available. Notes printed by colonies, even inflationary notes, thus had an important use in the colonial economy. Edmund and Helen M. Morgan The Stamp Act Crisis “To further complicate the situation, the currency restriction was passed at about the same time as new parliamentary taxation--the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765)--which increased the demand for more hard currency.” While the Currency