Cause for Revolution
On July 4th 1776, a committee, formed to draft a letter to the King of England,
formally signed a document containing a list of demands and statements of position that
ultimately started the Revolutionary War. This action was not popular with all the citizens of the colonies but the majority of the people were in favor of it and the cause prevailed. This declaration was a poke in the eye of England and forced them to try to put the colonies in their place and reestablish the Empire.
Many events led up to the split between the colonies and England. When England
claimed a portion of the new world for its own they had to inhabit it to enforce its
claim. The easies way to do so was to allow groups searching for religious freedom to colonize the new world and enforce England’s claim. As the colonies began to prosper and succeed English parliament subjected them to a series of harsh laws and taxes. England believed that these laws and taxes were just......
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