Apush Chapter 8 Summary

Chapter eight asserts that the birth of the Revolutionary War occurred from 1763 to 1775 because of political values in the colonies, British legislation, and violent conflicts between the colonies and Britain. After the Seven Years War, even though they were the most powerful force in North America, Britain was heavily in debt and needed a way to pay for the war they had just fought and won. At the same time, the American colonies were enjoying their continent without any French involvement and the colonists were getting slightly too comfortable with being ignored by England. When these two ideas came head to head, it caused much conflict over political values and legislative styles as well as physical violence in the colonies. One of the largest reasons for the Revolutionary War was an increase
The colonists identified as Englishmen, which is why their values of representation and self-rule became so prominent and exemplified the theme of American and national identity. The theme of work, exchange, and technology is shown through the system of mercantilism established by the Crown in their colonies. Mercantilism is a system and belief where colonies only exist for the benefit of their mother country. Therefore, the American colonies were only allowed to trade and do business with England, this was beneficial to England but the Colonies struggled because they were not making nearly as much money as they could have, no they turned to smuggling. Once the mistreatment of the American colonies became too much to handle and the colonists became very frustrated they started to boycott British goods. Leading to the next example of the theme, nonimportation agreements. Nonimportation agreements were pacts between the colonies to not purchase or import any British goods. This harmed the British economy because they were not able to sell as many goods as