What Caused The American Revolution Dbq Analysis

The American Revolution happened for many different reasons. From salutary neglect to many many taxes and acts. There were three main reasons that caused the American Revolutions. The three causes of the American Revolution are Taxation without representation, British restriction of colonies rights, and Colonists reactions to British policies.

The British passed many acts and taxes on the colonies without their consent to try to pay off war debt. The Stamp Act of 1765 in document 6 is the first example that shows how the colonies were being taxed without representation. The Stamp Act was a tax on everything paper such as newspapers, books, documents, playing cards, etc. The colonies were being taxed without representation because they didn't
The Proclamation of 1763 in document 5 is an example of the British government restricting rights from the colonist. The text in the 5th document talks about how the colonists were restricted on where they can live and where they can expand. The Proclamation of 1763 was a border along the Appalachian Mountains that didn't allow the colonists to settle westward. This proclamation was passed to try to reduce conflict between the colonies and the native americans. This upset many colonists because they were restricted about where they were allowed to live anywhere they wanted to. Document 4 which talks about the Quartering Act is also another example of how the rights of the colonies were restricted. The Quartering Act were acts that the British passed which made colonists house and take care of the British soldiers with their own money and recourses. The colonists didn't have a choice, they were forced by the government. British government restricted the rights of the colonists to make the colonies house the soldiers. Document 3, The Boston Massacre, is another example of how the colonists were restricted to many different rights by the British government. The Boston Massacre was a conflict between the colonists and soldiers. The colonists were throwing snowballs, sticks, and such at the soldiers. More and more colonists began to throw things at the soldiers, as of a result the
Document 8, The Boston Tea Party, is an example that the colonists did something to fight the British back. The Boston Tea Party was a civil disobedience reaction towards the tea act. The Boston Tea Party was lead by Samuel Adams and colonists disguised themselves as Indians so they can sneak on British ships and dump all of the tea onboard into the Boston Harbor. They dumped about 46 tons of tea into the harbor. The colonists did this because they reacted to the Tea act. The contents of document 9, The Intolerable Acts, was also a reaction of all the British policies but the reactions were more of the reactions of Britain rather than the colonists. The Intolerable Acts was a response to the Boston Tea Party. This act permitted harbors from being used, banned town meeting, and the authority of Britain increased. However, the colonies got even more furious at Britain so they put their foot down and all the colonies joined forces to fight together as one. This was their reaction to the Intolerable Acts. Document 10 which was The Declaration of Independence, is another example of a reaction of the colonies to the British policies. Document 10 talks about the Declaration of Independence. The colonies decided to right this declaration because they’ve had enough of all the taxes, acts, and lack of rights from Britain. The colonies wanted to gain their own