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In order for anyone to understand how The United States of America was founded, then one must understand the key causes of the American Revolution, and also not only that but in order to understand the Revolution, one must also know how the key ideals of America are reflected in the Declaration of Independence. Now in order to begin talking about the Revolution, first we must go as far back as the Navigation Acts (1650-1775).
The Navigation Acts were “restrictions passed by the British parliament to control colonial trade and bolter the mercantile system” pg 114. Now the reason this is important was because it was essentially the British monarchy trying to create “a captive market of colonial consumers who would be forced to buy goods created in the home country.” pg 114. Now though, the reason that this is important is that this caused major resentment in the colonies, and many colonists (specifically New Englanders) felt that the act had “no legal standing in the colony” pg 115. Moving on, another action believed to lead to the Revolution was most likely the French & Indian War (1754-1763), or more specifically: the end of the French & Indian War.
Now the reason that the end of the war was a major factor was probably due to the fact that at the end of the war “King George III and his began strictly enforcing economic regulations on the colonies as a means of reducing the crushing national debt caused by the war.” pg 122. Some of the economic regulations also known as “Grenville’s Colonial Policy” on pg 125 were acts throughout the years such as The Sugar Act (1764) pg 125, the Currency Act (1764) pg 126, and even the Quartering Act (1765), but while these acts are regarded as what triggered the revolution, we must remember that these acts did not affect everyone equally, and to most people, they were like regular taxes, but despite these, all of these acts the one important one we should address is the Stamp Act (1765).
The reason the stamp act was and is so important to the American Revolution was that “it affected all the colonists, not just New England merchants and shippers” pg 127. Though not only did it affect a lot of people to “purchase stamped paper for virtually every possible use” pg 127, but it was “the first effort by Parliament a direct- or “internal”- tax specifically on American goods and services” pg 127. So the reason this is important is that many Americans believed that the “various Navigation acts restricting their economic activities were already a form of tax on their liberties.” pg 122. So to many colonists, it had angered them and it had led to many protests with the common phrase “No taxation without representation [in Parliament].” pg 128, and these protests had led on until the repeal of the stamp act in “February 1766” pg 130. Sadly for the colonies though the victory was short-lived because after the Stamp Act was repealed, the Declaratory Act (1766) took its place which “asserted the power of Parliament to govern the colonies” pg 131. Not only that, but the other reason the repeal of the Stamp Act was short-lived was because Townshend Acts (1767). Just like “Grenville’s Colonial Policy” pg 125 the Townshend Acts were “Parliamentary measures to extract more revenue from the colonies” pg 131.
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