THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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they could not go past the Appalachian mountains and therefore could not trade with the Natives
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they could no longer have tea
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they felt their civil liberties had been violated
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they felt that Britain was being too lenient on taxing
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Detailed explanation-1: -Parliament passed the Stamp Act on March 22, 1765, to pay down a national debt approaching £140, 000, 000 after defeating France in the Seven Years War (1763). A year earlier, Parliament passed the Sugar Act, their first revenue-raising measure. Both taxes promised dire consequences in a post-war economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first act was the Sugar Act, which was passed in 1764. This placed a tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies. This was a huge disruption to the Boston and New England economies because they used sugar and molasses to make rum, a main export in their trade with other countries.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although resented, the Sugar Act tax was hidden in the cost of import duties, and most colonists accepted it. The Stamp Act, however, was a direct tax on the colonists and led to an uproar in America over an issue that was to be a major cause of the Revolution: taxation without representation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Sugar Act Quartering Act Stamp Act were the main contributing factors to the Revolutionary War. These acts restricted colonial trade with American Indians, imposed regulations on colonial agriculture, and angered colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated.