Ideological Reasons For The Revolutionary War

Interestingly, the view that American fought so hard for their independence for the purpose of democracy is not the only view of the revolutionary war. As a matter of fact, there are about eight views of the revolution at current. However, these views boil down into two main categories: proponents of ideas, and proponents of interest. The first one deals with political ideals emphasizing ideological and psychological factors and focusing on the power of ideas to foment revolution. Those who listened to political theorists were suspicious of an attempt to have a tighter foothold on the colonies. The second view deals with whether or not the revolution was inspired by class conflict within America (i.e. what class should rule America). So, which one turns out to be true? Though answers may vary, I believe that I agree more with the ideological motivation view of the revolution.
Though there were economic reasons such as the Sugar Act for the colonists to desire to push the revolution, there were many compelling theoretical arguments that would give serious incentive for the War on Independence. The simple fact of being attached to England has some implications regarding war time. In particular, if the colonies were to remain under British authority, every war that would be fought by the British would connect to the colonies somehow. In other words, regardless of whether or not the colonies wanted to involve themselves in war or not, they were involved since they were rule by a land that was in war. Other reasons of up roar in the U.S. stemmed from the Stamp tax, and navigation laws. Furthermore, the Proclamation Act of 1763 said that the colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains, which by all means created problems for those who were already settled in that