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Enlightenment
Martin Kelly. (2017). The root causes of the American revolution . (19/08/17), de Thought CO. Sitio web: https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-of-the-american-revolution-104860
The Americans where discovering this new way of thinking, expressing. This was a time where all kind of people were questioning how the government worked and this was like an independence of thinking. -
Writs of Assistance
Martin Kelly. (2017). The root causes of the American revolution . (19/08/17), de Thought CO. Sitio web: https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-of-the-american-revolution-104860
It stated that police officers and soldiers were allowed to search for any kind of illegal goods. This doesn't seem so bad, expect that it also allowed them to enter and search for those illegal goods anywhere, like houses, warehouses, ships and a lot of the officers abused this power. -
Corruption
Martin Kelly. (2017). The root causes of the American revolution . (19/08/17), de Thought CO. Sitio web: https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-of-the-american-revolution-104860
British government, soldiers and officials had more power than ever and that led them to abuse it. Corruption was born. -
Britain Economy
Martin Kelly. (2017). The root causes of the American revolution . (19/08/17), de Thought CO. Sitio web: https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-of-the-american-revolution-104860
The French and Indian War did not had good repercussions on the British economy. New taxes, like the Sugar Act and Currency Act, were carried out and people weren't happy about it. -
Stamp Act
Martin Kelly. (2017). The events that cause the American revolution . (19/08/17), de Thought CO. Sitio web: https://www.thoughtco.com/timeline-events-leading-to-american-revolution-104296
First direct tax that has an impact on the colonies. A great resistance shows up because of the "taxation without representation" increases. -
John Dickinson
Martin Kelly (2017) The events that cause the American revolution (19/08/17) Sitio web: https://www.thoughtco.com/timeline-events-leading-to-american-revolution-104296
He publishes "Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies". In this he explains the British actions to tax colonies. -
No more fair trials
Martin Kelly. (2017). The root causes of the American revolution . (19/08/17), de Thought CO. Sitio web: https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-of-the-american-revolution-104860
Colonial main power lost their power on jury trails. Verdicts and punishments appeared but they were handled by colonial judges. -
Boston Massacre
Martin Kelly. (2017). The events that cause the American revolution . (19/08/17), de Thought CO. Sitio web: https://www.thoughtco.com/timeline-events-leading-to-american-revolution-104296
It inured six and killed five colonists. The colonist were destroyed by this but use it in their favor to show people how the British military was. -
Colonies
Martin Kelly. (2017). The root causes of the American revolution . (19/08/17), de Thought CO. Sitio web: https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-of-the-american-revolution-104860
There was unfair treatment from Great Britain to the colonies, and there was a big disagreement because the colonies knew they deserved better. -
British thinking
Martin Kelly. (2017). The root causes of the American revolution . (19/08/17), de Thought CO. Sitio web: https://www.thoughtco.com/causes-of-the-american-revolution-104860
The British saw the colonies like they were some kind of servants that they could use for they're pleasure. The Americans didn't allowed this.
