Revolutionary War

Revolutionary War

  • Submitted By: JohnGreer
  • Date Submitted: 11/13/2013 7:29 PM
  • Category: English
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This essay contains some great information about the Revolutionary War things like why the war started. It also contains key points in the war that made it possible for the American Colonists to turn the war around and become victories in the end. The essay also mentions some questionable things about what the colonists do at the end of the war with how they start America. Some of these facts could be arguable to some and to others they could be great ideas. It all starts when the British come to the United States and start to take over.

The British came to the United States in the 1600s they had control over everything that you can think of how, things where sold by the British government who were in control over our trades with other countries; the British had control of everything and the colonists did not have any say what so ever. The colonists started to get suspicious of the British in 1754-1763 when the British put the Sugar Act into affect which put a 3 cent tax on foreign refined sugar, banned rum and French wines, and the taxes were raised without consent of the colonist. The colonists didn’t do much about it though; they let it be until 1765 when the British put the Stamp Act into affect. This meant the anything going through the mail or a letter any type of paper work needed to be done had to have a stamp; this act lead it to be the first direct tax on American colonists. The stamp was basically a British seal and cost money, which lead to the formation of the Sons of liberty who formed because of this act. The Sons of Liberty where a group of American colonists that wanted a change; they didn’t want the British to be in control of everything anymore they wanted to do something about it, but they didn’t know what to do. In the year 1770 the British shot and killed 5 American colonists saying they had weapons; this was called the Boston Massacre this event deepened the mistrust for the British. Three years passed since the Boston...

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