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Causes and Effects of the American Revolution
teachers.henrico.k12.va.usCauses and Effects of the American Revolution After the French and Indian War, Britain needed money. As a result, the British government placed taxes on the American colonists. The British thought that the colonists should help pay for the war since it had been fought partly to defend the colonies. The first tax was the Stamp Act.
Timeline of the American Revolution - National Park Service
www.nps.govTimeline of the American Revolution 1763 - 1783 Key Events in Bolded Italic Prelude Early Americans had made the risky Atlantic crossing seeking a better life, adventure, religious freedom and political autonomy. They built a society in the New World and for generations ran it with little outside meddling.
The Causes of the American Revolution - Digital History
www.digitalhistory.uh.eduThe American Revolution thus marks the ascendancy of the radicals of the colonies, for the first time effectively united. True, this radical ascendancy was of brief duration, but while it lasted an attempt was made to write democratic ideals and theories of government into the laws and constitutions of the American states.26