THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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They fought for freedom during the American Revolution
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They fought the government for women’s rights to vote in elections
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They fought for the control of land owned by the American Indians
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They fought to gain civil rights for all minorities in the United States
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Detailed explanation-1: -By the 1770s, many colonists were angry because they did not have self-government. This meant that they could not govern themselves and make their own laws. They had to pay high taxes to the king. They felt that they were paying taxes to a government where they had no representation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The colonists felt that since they did not take part in voting for members of Parliament in England they were not represented in Parliament. So Parliament did not have the right to take their money by imposing taxes. “No taxation without representation” became the American rallying cry.
Detailed explanation-3: -The British further angered American colonists with the Quartering Act, which required the colonies to provide barracks and supplies to British troops. Stamp Act. Parliament’s first direct tax on the American colonies, this act, like those passed in 1764, was enacted to raise money for Britain.
Detailed explanation-4: -After the French were gone–following their defeat in the French and Indian War–the colonists felt they no longer needed British military protection. The British government demanded that the colonists pay higher and higher taxes.