THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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The colonists started taxing British goods.
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The colonists decided to trade only with France.
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The colonists voted for a new king.
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The colonists boycotted the taxes and held many protests.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Townshend Acts, and Intolerable Acts are four acts that contributed to the tension and unrest among colonists that ultimately led to the American Revolution. The first act was the Sugar Act, which was passed in 1764. This placed a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies.
Detailed explanation-2: -Organized Colonial Protest. American colonists responded to Parliament’s acts with organized protest. Throughout the colonies, a network of secret organizations known as the Sons of Liberty was created, aimed at intimidating the stamp agents who collected Parliament’s taxes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under huge pressure to curb spending, the British king and government believed that any further attempts to tax the homeland would fail. They thus seized upon other sources of income, one of which was taxing the American colonists in order to pay for the army protecting them.