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Title: 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
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