WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following was a major cause of the American Revolution?
A
Military rule in the Caribbean sugar plantations.
B
Taxation policies that were seen as wrong and unfair.
C
Disagreement about the abolition of slavery in America.
D
Foreign influence in the British government.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Opposition to taxation without representation was one of the primary causes of the American Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Taxation Acts, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts were the four main causes that lead to the American Revolution.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Act resulted in violent protests in America and the colonists argued that there should be “No Taxation without Representation” and that it went against the British constitution to be forced to pay a tax to which they had not agreed through representation in Parliament.

Detailed explanation-4: -The American Revolutionary War began largely over economic pressures, with colonists in the Thirteen Colonies upset over taxation without representation.

Detailed explanation-5: -The 5 biggest causes of the American Revolution are the Proclamation of 1763, the Quartering Act, the French and Indian War, the Boston Massacre and the Intolerable Acts.

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