American Revolutionary War

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American Revolutionary War
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Causes of the American Revolution

• A. Salutary neglect
• a healthy ignorance of the colonists the
  British were preoccupied with the French

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Causes of the American Revolution

• B. Economic Causes
• 1. Mercantilism colonists existed for the
  benefit of the mother country
• 2. Sugar Act money raised for the British army
• 3. Stamp Tax

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Causes of the American Revolution

• No part of His Majestys dominions can be taxed
  without their consent this would seem to
  contradict the theory of the constitution.Jam
  es Otis, Massachusetts legislator

• C. Political Causes
• 1. Lack of representation in Parliament no
  taxation without representation!
• 2. Entitled to self government
• 3. Denied trial by jury
• 4. Proclamation of 1763

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Proclamation of 1763
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Causes of the American Revolution

• 3. Social Causes
• a. Misunderstanding of lifestyles
• Colonists didnt understand British point of view
• King George III saw the colonists as ungrateful
  and disloyal
• b. Non British citizens hostile to Britain
• c. Quartering Act of 1765